BY SHEA P.6 BY SHEA P.6

Location Of The Rainforest Rainforests are located near the equator. There is the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. The Amazon forest covers the basin of the Amazon, the world's second longest river

Plants In The rainforest The rainforest has a lot of different plants they have a lot of colourful plants. Many of the plants are extremely big. Cacao is picked from the cacao plant. More than two thirds of the world's plant species are found in the tropical rainforests

Food made in the Rainforest What do chocolate, popcorn, cola and salsa have in common? They are all foods whose ingredients were originally discovered in the rainforest! Many delicious foods originally came from the rainforest, including bananas, pineapples, oranges,lemons, coconuts, peanuts, corn and rice.

Animals Of The Rainforest There are a lot of animals in the rainforest. The rainforest is home to more than half of the world's animals. There are several vertebrates and invertebrates.

Why the rainforest is important Fact Tribes go camping their whole lives! They live off the land. The rainforest is very important to them because it is where they hunt, eat, sleep, and raise their families. Did you know that there are about 50,000,000 people living in the world's rainforests?

Other Interesting Facts An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second. Giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9 inches a day. The forests of Central Africa are home to more than 8,000 different species of plants.

By Shea P.6