Rain Forest Questions

1. What continents have rain forests?

2. From the U.S., in which direction would you travel to see a macaw?

3. On which continent does the chimpanzee live?

4. If you took a ship from Africa to South America, which way would you travel?

5. Does the continent of Europe have any rain forests?

6. Which sentence is true?

Most warm rain forests are far away from the equator.

Most warm rain forests are near the equator.

7. Which oceans touch South America?

8. On which continent does the capybara live?

9. Are most rain forests north or south of the United States?

10. Which continent has the most cool rain forests?

11.  Which animals live in South American rain forests?

12. Which oceans touch Africa?

13. In the rain forest,____% of the nutrients of the plants is above the ground. (95 %)

14. What are the four layers of the rain forest?

15. Traditionally, who has inhabited most rain forests around the world?

16. Approximately how many of the world's species of the plant and animal life are found in the rain forests? (50%)

17. What is one of the main forms of transportation in the rain forest? (boat)

18. Deforestation probably threatens the rain forest region by destroying the _______________. (forest soils)

19. Which rain forest animal living on the forest floor has hooves?

20. Which rain forest animal hangs upside down from tree branches?