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
Vocabulary rainforests or cloud forests grow in mountainous regions The most familiar rainforests are hot tropical forests filled with trees that stay green year-round Tropical rainforests lie near the equator This biome has hot wet conditions all year Toucans live in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America 6 The equator is an imaginary circle around Earth It divides divides Earth into two equal parts the Northern Hemisphere Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
long Tall tropical trees and many other plants grow there Tropical rainforests are known for the diversity of their plants and animals Scientists think that more than half of the world’s plant and animal species or types live in tropical rainforests There may be many of these species that have not yet been discovered Monkeys parrots jaguars and anaconda snakes are just a few of the many rainforest animals The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas It is found mainly in the Amazon Rainforest of South America 7
