Tropical Rainforests

Question 1

What can we divide our world in?

Answer 1

We can divide our world into regions.

Question 2

What are regions?

Answer 2

Regions are large areas that have similar temperature, rainfall and vegetation.

Question 3

Where is the rainforest region?

Answer 3

The rainforest region is mostly between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.

Question 4

The are no real seasons in the rainforest region. True or False?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The temperature is not the same throughout the year. True or False?

Answer 5

False the temperature is more or less the same.

Question 6

There is more rain in some months than others? True or false

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Rainforest are not very hot and humid places? True or false

Answer 7

False they are

Question 8

There are thunderstorms almost every day. True or false.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What is the average yearly temperature of the rainforest region?

Answer 9

25 degrees

Question 10

What is the yearly rainfall amount for the rainforest region.?

Answer 10

Close to 2000 mm

Question 11

What do rainfall and temperature affect?

Answer 11

They affect the kind of vegetation that grows.

Question 12

How many kinds of trees are there I the rainforest?

Answer 12

More than 1000 kinds.

Question 13

Why do the leaves lose their leaves at different times of the year?

Answer 13

So the forest always looks green.

Question 14

Some trees grow on plants? True or false?

Answer 14

False some plants grow on trees.

Question 15

What are most rainforest trees?

Answer 15

Most rainforest trees are deciduous.

Question 16

What litters the forest floor?

Answer 16

Leaves and dead trees.

Question 17

What type of plants grow under the canopy of tall trees?

Answer 17

Ferns, vines and long rope like plants called lianas.

Question 18

What are rain forests alive with?

Answer 18

They are alive with animals and their sounds.

Question 19

What fraction of the worlds animals live in the rainforests?

Answer 19

More than half.

Question 20

What animals live in the rainforest region?

Answer 20

Monkeys,gorillas, leopards, Tigers, snakes, lizards, frogs and lots of birds and insects.

Question 21

What does each rainforest have?

Answer 21

It’s own kind of animals.

Question 22

What is deforestation?

Answer 22

Deforestation means cutting down trees and not replacing them with young trees.

Question 23

What are the reasons of deforestation?

Answer 23

To cut down trees and sell them, use land for building cities and roads and the most important is to clear the land to make farms.

Question 24

What are the consequences of deforestation?

Answer 24

Deforestation can upset the balance of gases I the air, valuable plants and animals may be lost, soil loses fertility and may be blown or washed away and rain water may flow into rivers more quickly causing floods.

Question 25

What type of areas does the world have?

Answer 25

Wet and dry areas and hot and cold areas.