Rainforest Year 4

What is a rainforest?

• A forest which has a lot of rainfall.

• A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees that never lose their leaves and a high amount of rainfall.

• A rainforest is a cold place which has a lot of rainfall.

Rainforest can be found close to the earth's

• equator

• oceans

• northern hemisphere

What is the second layer of the rainforest called?

• forest floor

• canopy

• emergent

• understory

What is the name of the largest rainforest in the world?

Approximately, what percentage of the world's animals and plant species can be round in rainforests?

• 25%

• 75%

• 50%

• 10%

What continent would you find the Amazon Rainforest on?

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

What is the name of the process in which people clear forest for growing crops, mining and building?

• pollution

• agriculture

• deforestation