Forests

A forest is a large piece of land with a lot of trees. There are different kinds of forests all over the world.

in some places there are different seasons in a year. The trees in the

forests in these places usually have large leaves. They use sunlight and water to make food for the tree in the summer. In the autumn, the green leaves change to yellow, orange, red or brown and fall off the trees. In the winter the trees are bare. Then, in the spring new leaves grow a again.

In some forests trees are never bare. Leaves do not fall off the trees

every year. The trees are always green so we call these forests evergreen forests. These forests are in cold countries

with long winters and short summers. Trees in these forests do not need much sunlight. They have needle-shaped leaves.

The largest evergreen forest is in Siberia. It is 11 million square

kilometres.

Some forests are in hot, wet places near the equator. These places have no summer or winter. It is hot all the time. There is always a lot of sunlight and a lot of rain so people call these forests rain forests.

The largest rain forest in the world is in South America. It is 6. 5

million square kilometres.

There are many, many trees and flowers in a rain forest’ Many beautiful animals and insects live there, for example, frogs, orangutans, monkeys, snakes and lizards. There are thousands of birds, too. A rain forest is a very noisy place!