10+ Rainforest Facts + Printable Worksheets

Kids that love interesting facts and learning about tree species, species of birds, and fun facts will love our rainforest facts coloring pages!

We are sharing a rainforest facts worksheet with 12 fun facts you didn’t know about. So grab your crayons, get your rain forest facts coloring sheets, and get ready to learn some amazing facts.

Rainforest Facts for Kids

The rainforests are some of the most biologically diverse places. Although it is being affected by climate change, greenhouse gases and human activities, it is home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species! From small trees to indigenous tribes, these areas are so important to Earth.

Let’s learn a few facts about why rainforests are so important.

1. A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years.
2. While tropical rainforests are the most famous, there are different types of rainforest: the Pacific Northwest in the United States has dense forests that receive as much rainfall as parts of the Amazon.
3. Tropical forests cover at least 2.5 percent of the Earth’s surface area.
4. The Amazon basin contains the world’s largest rainforest, which is nearly the roughly of the continental United States and covers about 40 percent of South American countries.
5. The second largest rainforest is found in Central Africa’s Congo Basin.
6. Rainforests house more plant and animal species than any other terrestrial ecosystem. It is home to around 40,000 plant species, nearly 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 2.5 million insect species, and over 2,500 species of trees.

7. An unusually high percentage of life in the rainforest is found in the trees. Much of this is concentrated in the tree canopy layer; the layers created well above the forest floor by the overlapping branches and leaves of rainforest trees.
8. Indigenous people have used plants that come from rainforest plants for generations to diagnose and treat illnesses.
9. The most popular rainforest animals are the poison dart frogs and spider monkeys which can be found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.
10. Opposed to popular belief, the Amazon rainforest doesn’t produce 20% of the world’s oxygen.
11. Over 10,000 endangered species live in the Amazon, mostly due to forest loss caused by fires and human activity. 
12. Rainforests help fight global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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This coloring page is sized for standard letter printer paper dimensions – 8.5 x 11 inches.

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