Year 6 Rainforests Class 2

What is the grid reference for the red square?

• 432, 323

• 433, 333

• 323, 432

• 333, 443

Are rainforests found in these places?

• Yes

• East Asia

• Yes

• South America

• Yes

• North America

• No

• Europe

• No

• Australia

Match the world map lines to their direction

• Horizontal

• Equator

• Horizontal

• Longditude

• Vertical

• Latitude

Answer explanation

1. Equator - North-South

The largest rainforests are located near the​ (a)   . They are a type of ​ (b)   , which are large scale eco-systems.

• Equator
• biome
• climate
• North Pole

The climate in rainforest is ​

• hot

• warm

• cold

• humid

• dry

Deforestation is...

• Planting new trees

• Cutting down a tree

• Removing large areas of trees

• Building new farms

Which are reasons for deforestation? Select as many as you think are correct

• Logging

• Farming

• Palm Oil

• Tourism

• Mining

Match the following amounts to the correct

• oxygen

• The rainforests provide 20% of the world's

• cattle farming

• The rainforests provide 2/3 of the world's

• fresh water

• 63% of the Brazilian rainforest destroyed for

Indigenous people are people who are

• From a particular place

• New to a place

• Have never been to a place

Put the layers of rainforest in order from the bottom to the top

• Canopy

• Emergent

• Understorey

• Undergrowth