LET'S FIND OUT BIOMES WHAT ARE TROPICAL RAINFORESTS MADDIE GIBBS Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
the Forest Biomes Tropical rainforests are one of Earth’s biomes A biome is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things Major biomes include tundra forests grasslands and deserts There are several forest biomes The taiga is a conifer forest biome found in cold northern areas Deciduous forests are found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere south of the taiga but north of tropical forests Deciduous Gorillas are one of the many kinds of animals that live in tropical rainforests 4
forests have four seasons and lose their leaves in the fall Thick forests Compare and Contrast What do tropical rainforests rainforests have in common with other types of forests In what ways are they different found in wet areas of the world are called rainforests There are several kinds of rainforests Temperate rainforests grow in cool parts of the world such as the northwestern United States and southern Australia Monsoon rainforests have a dry season and trees that shed their leaves each year They grow in Southeast Asia Montane Washington State has large areas of temperate rainforest 5
