Fact and Opinion interactive worksheet for Grade 6 - Free Printable

1. Rain forests make up only 7 percent of the land surface of our planet.
2. A large percentage of rain forest animals are insects, and a large percentage of those insects are beetles.
3. Scientists are still not sure how many animal species exist on Earth because they have only been able to identify a small fraction of rain forest insects.
4. However, some scientists say they think that they contain more than half of Earth’s plant and animal species.
5. One scientist said, “I believe that as many as thirty million kinds of insect live in the rain forests.”