A tail is created by filling a nylon stocking with paper and gluing on black felt dots. Students can pretend they are jaguars and explain the functions of their structures. Where in the World. Tropical rainforests are located in the warm regions south of the Tropic of Cancer and north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Tropical Rainforest Climate.
Tropical rainforests are warm areas that receive a great deal of rainfall.
Thornton et al. Despite the beauty and importance of rainforests, they are being rapidly destroyed or altered. Analogies can help people understand the rates of loss. Between 1981 and 1990, tropical forest loss was 40 million acres a year. Within 75 years, all the rainforests could be gone.