Use the links below to uncover some facts about rainforests. These Internet resources will help you to find answers to the questions below. When you have finished, answer the Big Question that asks you to use what you have learned through the "treasure hunt" in your answer. Good luck!
1. What are the four layers of the rainforest?
2. What is the difference between a tropical and a temperate rainforest?
3. How much rain does a rainforest get in a year?
4. What is the range of temperature in a tropical rainforest?
5. What percent of the Earth's surface do rainforests cover?
6. What is the imaginary line around the earth called that rainforests are found near? What is its degree of latitude?
7. What are the two largest rainforests?
8. Why do more animal species live in the rainforest than other parts of the world?
9. Who are indigenous people? How do they survive in the rainforest?
10. How and why are rainforests being destroyed?
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Why should we care what happens to the rainforest? Use what you have learned from the treasure hunt to support your answer.
