Rain Forests

Rain Forests

Rain Forests
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	7.68

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		coverage, worldwide, nutrition, canopy, enrich, mid-air, environment, species, lowest, thus, ecosystem, emergent, inseparable, mankind, monthly, towering
	content words:		Central America, South America

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Rain Forests

¹ The rain forest is the liveliest ecosystem on earth! Trees here have leaves so densely packed that they look like a large, green blanket in mid-air. Sunlight can hardly penetrate through this natural "green blanket", making the ground very shady. Weather here is hot and humid all year round - the average temperature is 77 degrees Fahrenheit, and the average monthly rainfall is 4 inches. Warm climate and plentiful rains create a perfect environment for plants and animals to thrive. At least 50% of all the plant and animal species in the world are in the rain forest.

² So, where can we find rain forests? Rain forests are near the Equator. Regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, Central America, and South America all have the Equator nearby. Thus, we can find rain forests there. The Amazon of South America is the world's largest rain forest, and it covers an area of more than 1.5 million square miles. In fact, the Amazon is so large that its size is about half of the combined coverage of all the rain forests.

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