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Year 4 Reading Challenge Spring 2

Mrs Khaliq

Hi year 4,

For your reading challenge this half term, read through the following non-fiction text about rainforests.

Rainforest-Text-for-Reading-ChallengeDownload

Answer the following questions in full sentences.

Bronze:

  1. Name two types of rainforest.
  2. Which rainforests are nearer to the equator – temperate or tropical?
  3. What percentage of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest?

Silver:

  1. Why are there no rainforests in Antarctica? Explain.
  2. How do animals communicate when they cannot see one another?
  3. Why has the author written the word ‘damp’ in brackets in the ‘Forest Floor’ section?

Gold:

Read the last line carefully. What is you opinion, and why?

Platinum:

Produce your own information text on the Brazilian rainforest, using your own research.

75 responses to “Year 4 Reading Challenge Spring 2”

  1. Minhaj A.

    1. The two types of rainforest are the tropical and the temperate.
    2. The one that is most nearer to the rainforest is the tropical.
    3. The percentage of natural medicines of the rainforest is 25%.
    Silver
    1. There are no rainforests in Antarctica because it is to far cold there.

  2. Emmanuel Lawrence

    There are 2 types of rainforest 1 temperate and tropical The closest rainforest to the eqautor is the tropical rainforest There is about 70% percent of natural medicine in rainforest’s rainforest’s need large amounts of rainfall to grow and Antartica has none animals usually use signals or sounds and visual

  3. Delilah R.

    •Bronze
    . Name two types of rainforest.
    • Tropical  and temperate

    • Which rainforests are nearer to the equator – temperate or tropical?
    • Tropical are nearer to the equator

    • What percentage of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest?
    • 25%

    Silver:

    • Why are there no rainforests in Antarctica? Explain.
    • Because it is to cold there.

    • How do animals communicate when they cannot see one another?
    • By loud calls .

    • Why has the author written the word ‘damp’ in brackets in the ‘Forest Floor’ section?
    • I think to give the readers a better idea of what it would be like .

    Gold:

    Read the last line carefully. What is you opinion, and why?
    We need the rainforests to keep our planet healthy, The absorption of this CO2  is what helps to stabilize the Earth’s climate.70 % of cancer medicines were made from plants only found in the rainforest, so that means   with out the rainforests so many people would die from  cancer .50% of animals and plants are from rainforest so with out rainforest alot of animals would become extinct .

    Platinum:

    Produce your own information text on the Brazilian rainforest, using your own research.

    Brazilian rainforest.

    Location

    The Amazon Rainforest Location

    The Amazon covers a huge area (6.7 million sq km) of South America. Nearly 60% of the rainforest is in Brazil, while the rest is shared among eight other countries—Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France.

    30 million people

    More than 30 million people of 350 different ethnic groups live in the Amazon, which are subdivided into 9 different national political systems and 3,344 formally acknowledged indigenous territories. Indigenous peoples make up 9% of the total population, and 60 of the groups remain largely isolated

    Size comparison

    1. The Amazon rainforest covers an enormous 6.7 million square kilometres. Spanning 8 countries and one overseas territory in South America and representing an area twice the size of India – or roughly 28 times the side of the UK

    Invasive species

    Invasive Species in Tropical Rainforest

    An example of an invasive species found in the Amazon rainforest is Limnoperna fortunei, or the golden mussel, which is native to China. It is a freshwater mollusk that was accidentally introduced in South America in the beginning of 1990s.

    Did u know:
     four square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 750 species of trees, 150 species of butterflies, 1500 flowering plants and 400 species of birds!!

    80% of natural foods that we consume originated in rainforests

    Living in Central American rainforests, a sloth can carry algae, beetles and cockroaches in its fur!

  4. Bethany P.

    Bronze
    1.Two types of rainforest are tropical and temperate.
    2.The tropical zone is closest to the Equator.
    3.25% of natural medicins can be found in the Rainforest.

    Silver
    1.There is no Rainforest in Antartica because its to cold for animals to survive in.
    2.Animals use loud call to cmmunicate when they cant see eachother.
    3.The author has put the word damp in brackets because of how humid the floor is its makes it damp.

  5. Harrison S.

    Bronze
    The two types of rainforests are tropical and temperate.
    The rainforests that are nearer to the equator are tropical.
    25% of natural medicines are found in the rainforest.
    Silver
    There are no rainforests in Antarctica because it is too cold.
    Animals communicate by making sounds when they can’t see each other.
    The Author put damp in brackets to describe the word humid.

  6. Sulaimon L.

    BRONZE
    1. Tropical and temperate.
    2. Tropical.
    3. 25% of natural medicines have been found in rain forests.

    SILVER
    1.Antarctica is too cold and the weather does not suit rain forests.
    2.Animals use loud calls when they can’t see each other
    3.they used damp because it describes the weather more than humid.

    GOLD
    i respect that opinion because life on earth will be so different without trees.

  7. Olivier T.

    bronze
    two types of rainforest are temperate and tropical
    the tropical rainforest is the nearest rainforest to equeitor
    25% of natural medicine can be found in the Amazon rainforest.

  8. Mahdi R.

    Bronze
    1.tropical and temperate.
    2.tropical is near to the equator.
    3.25% natural medicines can be found in the rainforest.
    Silver
    1.there are no animals in Antarctica because its too far and cold there.
    2.they communicate by loud voices [if they can].
    3.he used “Damp” in brackets because he is explaining what damp means [means humid] but people don’t know what it means.

    Gold
    if we dont have carbon dioxide we will die without breathing.
    it can be harmful.

  9. Ahmed O.

    Bronze:

    Name two types of rainforest. Tropical and temperate.
    Which rainforests are nearer to the equator – temperate or tropical? Tropical.
    What percentage of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest? 25%
    Silver:

    Why are there no rainforests in Antarctica? Explain. Because its very cold and icy and things cant grow there.
    How do animals communicate when they cannot see one another? They use load sounds.
    Why has the author written the word ‘damp’ in brackets in the ‘Forest Floor’ section? Because something was discusting

    Gold:

    Read the last line carefully. What is you opinion, and why?
    If we don’t have rainforests there is low percentage chance of humans surviving because trees give us the oxygen that we need to breathe and stay alive. Without them we would have bad air Co2 which would make us die.

  10. Yahya K.

    BRONZE
    1. Two types of rainforests are tropical and temperate rainforests.
    2. The tropical rainforests are closer to the equator.
    3. 25% of natural medicines have been found in rainforests.

    SILVER
    1. Antarctica is too cold and the weather does not suit rainforests therefore they cannot grow there
    2. When animals cannot see each other they communicate using loud calls
    3. They have used the word damp in brackets to give a simpler meaning for humid because some people might not know what it means.

    GOLD
    1. We can’t manage without rainforests because we need oxygen to survive and trees provide oxygen.

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