100 Facts Rainforests – Bitesized Facts & Awesome Images to Support KS2 Learning

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There they can find all of their necessities and rarely have to come down to the floor of the forest.

Fact 14: Less than one percent of the species of plants in the tropical rainforests have actually been analyzed to determine their value in the world of medicine. The temperate rainforest is less sunny and gets less rainfall than its cousin — the tropical rainforest.

Meanwhile, forest-dependent people are gaining more management control over the forests they have long stewarded. Today export-driven industries are driving a bigger share of deforestation than ever before, marking a shift from previous decades, when most tropical deforestation was the product of poor farmers trying to put food on the table for their families. The rainforest is home to many unique adaptations that have allowed plants and animals to thrive in this complex and challenging environment. Because rainforests are so rich in biodiversity, they hold enormous potential for future discoveries. In turn, the fruit trees depend upon these animals to eat their fruit, which helps them to spread their seeds to far-off parts of the forest.

Unless you strongly believe in Elon Musk‘s idea of making Mars as another habitable planet, do remember that there really is no 'Planet B' in this whole universe. Lots of materials and food that we use and eat every day come from the rainforest, such as coffee, chocolate, rubber, oil and colour dyes. Then there is the canopy layer, which includes most of the other trees, and if you look at the rainforest from above, it looks like a single unbroken sea of trees.Teachers: Check out our Rainforest Science lessons to challenge your class to identify and classify rainforest plants and animals. These communities have developed a deep knowledge and understanding of the rainforest ecosystem and have contributed significantly to our understanding of the rainforest environment.