1. The Amazing Rainforest
By:James Rysavy
and Ethan Reed

2. What is a rain forest?
A rain forest is a place with lots of plants and animals.
Almost everything is green in the rain forest.
There are four layers in the rain forest.
There are the emergent layer, the canopy layer, the under story layer, and the emergent layer.

3. Location of Rain Forests.
Most of the rain forests are near the equator. Fifty seven percent of all tropical rain forests are located in Asia, Africa, Mexico and South America.
Some are found in Latin America.
The largest rain forest is in South America.

4. Emergent Layer The emergent layer is right above the canopy layer.
The emergent layer is the top of the rain forest.
The emergent layer is mostly all green.
There are animals such as butterflies, monkeys, and sloths.

5. Canopy Layer The canopy layer is in the middle.
There are a lot of animals in the canopy layer. Some of the animals are butterflies, sloths and monkeys.

6. Understory Layer
The understory layer is the bottom of the rain forest.
The understory has animals like jaguars, ocelots,
butterflies, sloths,
and geckos.

7. Forest Floor The forest floor is the ground of the forest.
There aren’t a lot of plants on the forest floor.
There are animals like anacondas, ocelots, tapirs, anteaters and army ants.

8. Deforestation
Deforestation is when people come and cut down the trees to build homes and buildings.
If people cut down all the trees we will have no medicine to help people.
People are cutting down the trees because they need to make floors and build cities and roads.
Deforestation is when people come and cut down the trees to build homes and buildings.

9. People of the Rain Forest
The people of the rain forest are the people that live in the rain forest.
They eat the plants and fruits that grow in the forest.

10. Conclusion
You can help by recycling everywhere you go.