Rainforest Adventure!
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Rainforest
Adventure!
Welcome to the tropical rainforest, I’m your tour guide
Tony! You never know what you might find out here, so let’s begin
our tour and see what we can find! Click the arrow below to get
started.
Today we are going to learn about all the layers of the rainforest and
the animals that live in these layers too!
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Fun Facts
During the lesson, click this arrow to go on to the next page.
Click this arrow to go back to the previous page.
Click this button to learn some fun facts about rainforests.
Click this button to go back to the main menu.
If you ever see a word that is highlighted, click on it to find out what it means
Highlighted: An area or spot that is highly
illuminated.
Lets see how much you already know about rainforests! In the box below type what you think rainforests are and why they are important. ( Don’t worry there are no right or wrong answers)
SUBMIT
Great Job!Those are
some great ideas! Click the forward arrow to learn some more about rainforests.
Lets start our adventure by finding out what rainforests are, and why they are important!
There are 4 layers of the rainforest, click one of the layers to learn more!
Emergent Layer
Canopy LayerUnderstory
LayerForest Floor
QUIZ
- Highest level of the rainforest
- Only the tallest trees reach this level, they
can grow up to 200 feet tall
- Since it is so high up, there is lots of sunlight
for the trees
- These trees do not grow closely together,
they have lots of room to spread out
Emergent Layer
Emergent Layer
Birds Small Monkeys
Butterflies Bats
Some animals that live in this layer are…
Click on the animal that does NOT live in the emergent
layer
NOT THIS ONE!
TRY AGAIN!
Remember only small animals can live that high up!
Great Job!!
You’re on your way to
becoming a professional
explorer!
-2nd level of the rainforest-These trees can grow from 100-150 feet tall-The canopy layer acts like an umbrella it stops sunlight and rain from reaching the lower levels
-This is the most diverse layer
Canopy Layer
Diverse: Lots of different kinds or forms of a thing
Some of the animals that live in the canopy layer are…
Canopy Layer
Lemurs Toucans
Sloths Parrots
Use the pen tool to draw a picture of one of the animals that lives in the
canopy layer
That looks Great!
You’re such a great artist!!
-3rd layer of the rainforest-This layer is dark and humid -There are lots of vines and vegetation
at this level
-There is not very much light at this level
-Plants in this layer are usually under 12 feet tall
Understory Layer
Vegetation: all the plants or plant life of a place
Some animals that live in this layer are…
Understory Layer
Snakes Butterflies
Frogs Insects
Find 2 animals that are found in the understory layer! Use the pen tool to circle them. Hit submit when you are finished.
Did you find both of them?
YES NO
Way to find them all!
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Keep looking!
-Bottom layer of the rainforest-This layer only gets 1-2% of the sunlight that the upper layer gets
-There is very little plant life this far down
- It is full of dead leaves and plants -The rainforest floor is very humid
Forest Floor
Some animals that live in this layer are…
Forest Floor
Jaguars
Okapi
Bengal Tigers
Jaguar
Okapi
Tiger
Use the highlighter to complete the
word search and find the names of
the animals found on the
forest floor. Good Luck!
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Great Job!!
Did you find all the words?
Now that you’ve learned all about the rainforest, go back to the home page and click the “fun facts” button to learn more cool information.
Did you know….
Rainforests are found on every
continent except Antarctica
There are 30 million species of
plants and animals living in the tropical
rainforest
Did you know….
The trees are so densely packed, rain can take 10 minutes to reach
the ground
An area of a rainforest the size of
a football field is being destroyed
each second
Did you know….
More than 20% of the world’s oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest
Rainforests only cover 6% of the earth’s
surface but contain more than ½ of the world’s plant and animal species
Now that you’re a pro explorer, let’s see how well you were paying attention. Go to the home screen and click on the “Quiz” button to begin the quiz!
CORRECT!
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Forest Floor
Canopy Layer
Emergent Layer
Understory Layer
Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.
CORRECT!
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Forest Floor
Canopy Layer
Emergent Layer
Understory Layer
Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.
CORRECT!
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Forest Floor
Canopy Layer
Emergent Layer
Understory Layer
Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.
CORRECT!
TRY AGAIN!
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TRY AGAIN!Forest Floor
Canopy Layer
Emergent Layer
Understory Layer
Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.
You did a great job! Now it’s time to move on to the second part of
the quiz.
You did a great job!
TRY AGAIN!
CORRECT!
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CORRECT!
ELEPHANTS
BENGAL TIGERS
JAGUARS
BIRDS
Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.
Forest Floor
Great Job!Jaguars and Bengal Tigers live in the forest
floor layer
TRY AGAIN!
CORRECT!
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CORRECT!
SNAKES
SLOTHS
TOUCANS
KANGAROOS
Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.
Canopy Layer
Great Job!Toucans and sloths live in the canopy layer
TRY AGAIN!
CORRECT!
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CORRECT!BUTTERFLIES
MONKEYS
BATS
JAGUARS
Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.
Emergent Layer
Great Job!Bats and butterflies live in the emergent
layer
CORRECT!
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CORRECT!
INSECTS
FROGS
BIRDS
MONKEYS
Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.
Understory Layer
Great Job!Frogs and insects live in the understory
layer
Way to go!
You finished the quiz! You’re
officially an expert explorer now!