Environmental science – U1L8
Most rain forests are located near the equator. Rain forests have a tropical wet climate and are quite humid all the time. The yearly rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year. Tropical rainforests produce almost half of the oxygen on earth. Scientists say that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests. Rainforests only cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. The rain forest is home to the greatest biodiversity on the planet. The rainforest is home to many endangered animals and has more kinds of trees than any other place on the planet. A few of the massive amounts of endangered animals include primates, big cats, frogs and birds. Critically endangered animals include the Sumatran tiger, Brown Spider Sumatran, Orangutan Monkey, the Golden Mantella, Panamanian Golden Frog, and the Pygmy Three-toed Sloth.

The rainforest is home to more than two thirds of the worlds plant species. Rainforest plants have to live in a warm humid environment. Rainforest plants include orchids, carnivorous plants, and Epiphytes. Orchids are the largest family of plants in the world. There are many different species that range greatly in size with some petals getting as long as 2 ½ ft long. Orchids come in every color, except black and can grow anywhere and on anything, like rocks, underground and on other plants and trees. Epiphytes also known as air plants, can be found everywhere in the rainforest but are mostly found on branches, trunks, and sometimes the leaves a tree. Another type of plants located in the tropical rainforest is the carnivorous plant These plants are found in low-nutrient environments in the rainforest. Carnivorous plants get their nutrients by trapping and consuming things like insects and sometimes even small frogs and mammals. The most common types of Carnivorous plant is the