Rainforest Threats Worksheet

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🌳 Part 1: Identifying Rainforest Threats

1. Which of these is the MAIN cause of deforestation in rainforests?

Animals eating too many trees

Clearing land for farming and logging

Too much rainfall

Natural forest fires

2. Climate change affects rainforests by:

Making them colder and wetter

Changing rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures

Creating more animals

Making trees grow faster

3. Which types of pollution threaten rainforests? (Tick all that apply)

Plastic rubbish in rivers

Chemical pesticides

Clean water

Oil spills

Fresh air

4. Complete this sentence: When trees are cut down, the _____________ that live there lose their homes.

Answer: _________________________

🦋 Part 2: Understanding the Impact

5. Explain how deforestation affects the animals that live in rainforests.

6. Name two ways that rainforest destruction could affect people around the world.

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

7. Why are rainforests important for our planet's climate?

8. What might happen to medicines if we lose too many rainforest plants?

💡 Part 3: Taking Action

9. List three things people could do to help protect rainforests.

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

10. Design a simple slogan to encourage people to protect rainforests. Write it in the box below.

11. If you could speak to world leaders about rainforest protection, what would be your most important message?

Rainforest Threats Worksheet

Rainforest Threats Worksheet

🌳 Part 1: Identifying Rainforest Threats

🦋 Part 2: Understanding the Impact

💡 Part 3: Taking Action

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