Tropical Rainforest Facts For Kids
Facts About The Tropical Rainforest
Today I decided to do something a little different, we are going to be talking about tropical rainforest facts for kids. The tropical rainforests of the world are truly amazing and house some of the most diverse plant and animal life found anywhere. Today I am going to share with you some truly amazing facts about the tropical rainforest. This information is very important as these tropical rainforests are starting to disappear, and one way we can help is by simply creating awareness.
Tropical Rainforest Facts For Kids
Fun Facts About The Tropical Rainforest
You can define a tropical rainforest as an ecosystem that occurs around 28 degrees north or south of the equator. It’s defined as a rainforest for fairly obvious reasons, they get a lot of rain. They also typically will have much higher than average temperatures. Rainforests are not only found
Here is birds eye view of the Amazon Tropical Rainforest in South America
in one location, they are found around the world. You can find tropical rainforests in Central America, South America, Mexico, Asia, Africa, Australia.
In terms of biome classification a tropical rainforest is considered a lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest. I guess you could say that is the scientific name for a tropical rainforest.
We will talk a little more about this later, but tropical rainforests are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world because of heavy logging and agricultural clearance. It’s sad, but true. The rainforests are shrinking rapidly because of humans.
Let’s go ahead and take a look at some amazing and fun rainforest facts for kids!
Fun Facts About The Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Rainforest Facts For Kids
This is the part you have been waiting for! Here are some amazing and fun facts about the tropical rainforest for kids. These rainforest facts for kids will blow you away, let’s take a look!
♦ It is believed among the scientific community that there could still be millions of insect and plant species in tropical rainforests that are waiting to be discovered.
♦ The word jungle is the slang term for tropical rainforests. Typically if someone says “in the jungle” it means in the rainforest.
Here is a beautiful photo of the sun piercing the thick outer wall of the Tropical Rainforest. Only about 20% of that sun get’s to the ground.
♦ The largest rainforest that exists today is the Amazon rainforest.
♦ Today tropical rainforests cover about 6% of the worlds surface, this has been reduced from 14% since man starting destroying it.
♦ The Amazon rainforest has over 2000 species of butterflies alone.
♦ Many ingredients in medicines are found in the rainforests. It is believed that about 25% of our current ingredients were found there.
♦ The Amazon rainforest houses one fifth of the worlds fresh water supply.
♦ The rainforests are so thick and dense that only about 2% of sunlight is able to reach the forest floor.
♦ The soil in tropical rainforests is actual very poor with little to no nutrients.
♦ Every second a section the size of a football field is being cut down of the rainforests.
♦ Plants in the rainforest display incredible growing speeds, a giant bamboo can grow up to 9 inches in one day.
♦ In South American rainforests sloths move so slow that algae can actually grow in their fur.
♦ It can take rain 10 minutes to fall from the top of the trees to the forest floor because of how dense the rainforest can be.
♦ The Australian rainforests have an amazing display of plants life. As a matter of fact, 80% of the plant life found in these forests are not found anywhere else in the world.
♦ There are some pretty strange flying animals in the rainforests of Asia. You can find flying frogs, squirrels and snakes.
♦ Some of the monkeys found in the rainforests can be omnivores, they will eat both meat and plant life.
♦ There are more than 8000 plants species found in the Central Africa rainforests.
♦ Tropical Rainforests are responsible for up to 28% of the earths oxygen production.
♦ Even though rainforests make up a small percentage of earths coverage, they house 50% of earths plants and animals.
♦ There is a rainforest on every continent except for Antarctica.
♦ In just a small 4 square mile section of the rainforest you can find 150 species of butterflies, 750 species of trees, 400 species of birds and 1500 species of flowering plants.
♦ Many of the products we use every day are from the rainforests such as, coffee, cocoa and medicinal products including cancer fighting plants.
♦ The US Cancer institute identifies a group of plants that are helpful in fighting cancer, 70% of those were found in tropical rainforests.
♦ Even though 2000 plants have been identified as having anti-cancer properties, less than 1% of the species in the tropical rainforest have been analyzed for their medical properties.
Tropical Rainforest Facts For Kids
Here is some cool rainforest stuff!
Fun Facts About The Tropical Rainforest
Amazing Tropical Rainforest Video
This is one of the better tropical rainforest videos I could find. It highlights many interesting things that occur or exist in the tropical rainforest. These places are truly wondrous and never cease to completely amaze me. You should definitely take a little bit of time and watch this amazing video!
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Tropical Rainforest Conservation Efforts
What you can do to help.
One of the best things you can do is create awareness. The more people that are aware of the problems and the risk that the tropical rainforests are seeing, the more likely people are to help. Understanding some of these important facts and sharing them can be a huge help. Make sure to share this page by using your favorite social media outlet, I made it easy for you! Look to the right, you will see easy share buttons.
The other way you can help is to donate money. I know everyone is asking for money and I know not everyone can afford to make a contribution. But, in the case that you are, this is the best way to do so. Click the link below and follow the directions.
http://www.worldlandtrust.org/supporting/donate
Thank you for caring enough to help! With enough awareness we can truly make a difference!
Fun Tropical Rainforest Facts
Facts About The Amazon Tropical Rainforest
It’s so important that people understand what is happening to our tropical rainforests. It’s easy to overlook because they are so far away, or on different continents. Many people have the “out of sight out of mind” mentality. It doesn’t directly impact them so it’s hard for them to want to help or create awareness. You being here shows that you do care and you can help make a difference!
I hope that these fun and amazing facts about the tropical rainforests have been impactful enough for you to want to help change! Whether your writing a book report or just researching for fun, share what you have learned with the world by any means you can!
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