What Is a Rainforest?
Know that a rainforest is a thick, tall forest found in hot, wet places near the Equator where it rains almost every day, creating a warm, damp environment where plants and animals thrive
What a learner can do afterwards
- Describe a rainforest as a forest that is hot and wet, located near the Equator
- Explain that it rains very often in a rainforest, which is why the plants grow so tall and thick
- Point to the Equator on a globe and say that rainforests are found in the hot belt near it
The lesson
A rainforest is a thick, tall forest. It grows in hot, wet places. Plants and animals love the warm, damp air.
Mia visits a rainforest. It is hot, and rain falls almost every day. Huge trees rise above her, dripping with wet leaves.
Find the Equator on a globe. It is the warm line around the middle. Rainforests grow in the hot belt near it.
A rainforest is a hot, wet forest that grows near the Equator.
Watch it
Where it sits
Learn first
Nothing; this is a starting point.
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.