Question

Select the statements that describe rain forests.(can be more than 1 answer)
Rain forests are the natural habitat for 20 percent of the world's plant and animal species.
-Rain forests are located near the equator.
-The area covered by rain forests increases 10 percent annually.
-Species found in rain forests may be used to cure disease.
-Rain forests remove O2 from the atmosphere.
-Species found in the rain forest decrease each day.

Answer 1

The answers are:

- Rainforests are located near the equator; the rainforests require special conditions to be able to prosper, like constant summer with relatively high temperatures, and almost daily precipitation, and these conditions are found around the equator.

- Species found in the rainforests may be used to cure disease; there's thousands of plants/herbs that have been proven to cure lots of diseases for which the pharmaceutical industry hasn't been able to find proper medications.

- Species found in the rainforest decrease each day; because of the destruction of the rainforest on a daily basis, lots of species, both faunal and floral, are being exterminated and thus lost forever from the face of the Earth.

Answer 2

Answer:

the answers would be, species found in the rainforest decrease each day, rain forests are located near the equator, and species found in rain forests may be used to cure disease.