Day 1 - What is a Rainforest?

A rainforest is a vast space filled with rich and dense plant life. The rainforest also is a habitat to animals of all shapes and sizes, these animals depend on their natural environment for food and shelter.
There are two types of rainforests, Temperate and Tropical. Tropical rainforests are more common as they are closer to the equator and as an effect have more animals because of the warmer climate. On the other hand Temperate rainforests are cooler in climate as they are in the coastal regions further from the equator.
There are five layers in a rainforest. The bottom being the forest floor, above that is usually forgotten about, but is called the scrum layer which is all the decomposing leaves and fallen branches. Next is the understory, canopy and emergent layers. The canopy and emergent layers are very thick so they block the rest of the layers of the rainforest from getting alot of light.

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