Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting July 2022
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In the upper layer, the tops of the tallest
trees form a canopy that spreads out over
smaller trees and plants. Some of these
trees grow to be 200 feet high. Plenty of
sunlight reaches this layer, making it the
hottest layer of the rainforest.
Eagles, monkeys, bats and
butterflies
As many as 30 million kinds of plants and animals live in the rainforest. The trees and other plants that
make up the rainforest grow together so densely that they create layers, each with different climate
characteristics. Read about the layers. Then follow the directions to color the rainforest picture.
Color the sky blue, the treetops
bright green and the trunks brown.
Only patches of sunlight reach through
the upper layers to the understory, or
mid-zone. Shrubs and small trees grow
in this shady, damp layer.
This is the most colorful of the layers.
Since the upper canopy shades the
harshest sunlight, this lower canopy
receives a filtered light in which flowers
and vines grow. The vines grow from
tree to tree, forming a woven maze.
Snakes, toucans, treefrogs
Color this layer with bright
flowers and a mixture of greens.
Jaguars, leopards, insects
Color the plants green and
brown and darken the spaces between.
The rainforest floor is very dark and
damp. Only 2% of all sunlight can reach
here because of the plants above. The
temperature stays around 80° F all year.
Giant anteaters, sloths
Color the plants dark green and
spaces between very dark.
Look closely. Hidden
in this rainforest
is a shoe, a pencil,
a cup, eyeglasses,
a watch and a
golf club.
