1. False: Tropical rainforests are found in a region called the tropics, just north and south of the Equator (the imaginary line around the centre of the Earth).
2. True: There are 4 key layers and each has unique features based on the different amounts of water, sunlight and air they receive.
3. True: It is thought that over half of all land animals and plants live in tropical rainforests.
4. True: Humans have lived in the rainforests for thousands of years.
5. True: Rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, in fact in just 40 years, 1 billion hectares of forests have been cut down worldwide.
6. True: Many of the ingredients in medicines we use everyday and those that saves lives comes from the rainforests. In fact, there may still be new medicines out there that still haven’t been discovered.
7. False: Monkeys tend to live high up in the trees of the rainforest in a layer called the canopy.
8. False: The rainforest is home to one third of all bird species.
9. True: It takes so long as the raindrop has to pass through the thick layers of vegetation.
10. False: These tiny creatures are the only mammal to feed on blood!
