Rain Forest 2
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- Name five kinds of food that were originally found in the rainforests.
- Chocolate, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, oranges, pineapple, bananas, corn, peanuts, chewing gum.
- Name the two kinds of Rain Forests.
- Temperate and tropical
- What fraction of the world's animals lives in the rainforest?
- Over half of the world's animals.
- What is the difference between the temperate and the tropical rainforest.
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Temperate are very cold
Tropical rainforests are very warm and humid year round. - Name a type of paper product that comes from trees.
- Paper towels
- What would happen to earth if there were no more rainforest trees?
- The earth would get too warm and there would be very serious changes in the weather.
- Name four countries where there are temperate rainforests.
- Canada, Chile, New Zealand, United States.
- What fraction of modern medicine comes from rainforest plants?
- One quarter of all our medicine comes from rainforest plants.
- Where can you find tropical rainforests?
- Near the equator in places like South Amercia, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
- How can rainforests help people who are sick?
- Rainforests contain special plants that can be turned into medicine.
- Rainforests provide indigenous pople with everything they need. Name four things that come from materials found in the rainforests.
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Houses, clothing, food, toys
- Name three animals that live in the rainforest.
- Jaguar, panther, tiger, African mountain gorilla, orangutan, three-toed sloth, poison arrow frog.
- What are the people that live in the rainforest known as?
- Indigenous people