45 The Rainforest

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The Rainforest by Karen Zipkas and Mark Norman Table of Contents Chapter 1 The Rainforest page 2 Chapter 2 The Ground page 4 Chapter 3 The Tree Trunks page 8 Chapter 4 The Treetops page 12 Chapter 5 Rainforests Are Important page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

chapter 1 The Rainforest A rainforest is a jungle. It is warm and wet. Tall trees grow close together. It rains a lot in the rainforest. Rainforests have many plants and animals. This is the Amazon Rainforest. It is the biggest rainforest in the world. rainforest plants

Chapter 2 The Ground Many plants grow on the ground, their leaves fall on the ground. Many bugs eat the leaves. Leafcutter ants carry leaves to their nest. leaves leafcutter ants nose mouth anteater The giant anteater eats 30,000 ants in one day. The giant anteater lives on the ground. It has a long nose. It eats ants with its mouth.

A tapir lives in the rainforest. It looks like a pig with a long nose. It sniffs for food. sniffs: smells The tapir eats fruits, grass, and leaves. tapir nose grass jaguar This jaguar hunts an animal. The jaguar stays still. Then it jumps on the animal. The jaguar lives in the rainforest. Jaguars hunt tapirs, anteaters, and other animals.

Chapter 3 The Tree Trunks Many beetles, birds, frogs, and snakes live on tree trunks. If you glanced up, you could see tent bats under tree leaves. They hide from snakes. Language DETECTIVE Beetles: Beetles ends with s making it plural. Plural means more than one. Find three more plural words on this page. These tent bats hide under a leaf. leaf tent bats gecko tree bark Geckos hide in the day. They hunt at night. A gecko is a lizard. It has skin that looks like tree bark. This helps it hide. hide: not be seen