40 Rainforest Trivia Questions for Kids

1. Tropical rainforests stay warm during which part of the year?

2. A rainforest guide says the air is humid. What does that mean?

3. What are rainforests in cooler climates called?

4. What weather condition gives rainforests their name?

5. The Congo Basin’s tropical rainforests are on which continent?

6. In which country could you visit the Daintree rainforest?

7. Tropical rainforests mostly grow near which imaginary line?

8. What often wraps around the trees in a tropical mountain cloud forest?

9. What is the rainforest layer formed by the tallest trees rising above the main treetops called?

10. Rainforest diagrams commonly show how many main layers?

11. Which rainforest layer receives the least sunlight?

12. Which rainforest layer holds more animal life than any other layer?

13. Which leaf shape helps many understory plants gather the scarce rainforest sunlight?

14. When a big canopy tree falls and opens a gap, what reaches the young plants below more easily?

15. What helps carry lightweight seeds away from trees in the emergent layer?

16. When fallen rainforest leaves break down, what returns to the soil for roots to use?

17. Wide, wall-like buttress roots help a tall rainforest tree do what?

18. What do pointed drip tips help rainforest leaves shed quickly?

19. Woody rainforest vines called lianas use trees mainly for what?

20. An epiphyte grows on a rainforest tree. How does it use that tree?

21. What part of a tank bromeliad forms its small rainwater pool?

22. Many rainforest trees spread fine roots near the soil’s surface to reach what?

23. Which tree-growing rainforest fern is named for its forked, antler-shaped fronds?

24. The bowl-shaped growth of a bird’s nest fern helps it collect what from above?

25. What is the milky liquid collected from rubber trees to make natural rubber called?

26. How do ripe rubber-tree fruits scatter their seeds?

27. Which rainforest tree supplies silky fiber traditionally used to stuff pillows?

28. Which nighttime mammals transfer pollen between kapok flowers?

29. Which rainforest rodent uses strong teeth to open hard Brazil nut fruits?

30. Which snack nut is usually gathered commercially from wild Amazon rainforest trees?

31. Which rainforest plant material is bent and woven to make baskets and chairs?

32. Chicle from the sapodilla tree was traditionally used to make which chewy treat?

33. Wild orangutans live in rainforests on which pair of islands?

34. What gives howler monkeys their name?

35. Which kind of water is the natural home of Amazon river dolphins?

36. What can a kinkajou wrap around a branch while reaching for rainforest fruit?

37. An adult Malayan tapir has a dark head and legs. What color is its broad middle patch?

38. Which kangaroo relatives spend much of their time high in rainforest branches?

39. A blue morpho closes its wings in the rainforest. What is the underside mainly like?

40. Compared with African savanna elephants, African forest elephants usually have ears that are more what shape?