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What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

Dec 15, 2015

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Page 2: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

Page 3: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

The temperature in the rainforest stays about the same all year long. Rainforest are the wettest land in the world. Some places get 32 inches a year.

Page 4: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

Where are the Rainforests? They are all over the world. Rainforests are located around the equator.

Page 5: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

Rainforests have four parts: 1. Emergent Layers- The tallest trees that stick out above the rest. 2. Canopy- the top layer of the forest.3. The understory- the middle layer4. Forest Floor- Bottom layer.

Page 7: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

There are five Rainforest in the World. They are the Amazon Rainforest, African Rainforest, Australian Rainforest, Central American Rainforests, Southern Asian Rainforests.

Page 9: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

The Southern Asia rainforest is home to the world’s largest Mangrove forest.

Page 10: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

The Australian rainforest has constant wet wind blowing from the ocean.

Page 15: What is a Rainforest?. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area with year round warm weather and lots of rain.

The people of the Rainforest are hunters and

gatherers. They grow fruits and vegetables. The hunt wild pigs, deer, alligators, sloths, and monkeys.