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Directions. Answer the following questions using information from the text. Write your response as complete sentences.

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1. What does the word humidity mean?

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2. What is the range of temperature in a tropical rainforest?

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3. Why does the temperature in a rainforest stay the same year around?

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4. Why are a rainforest’s days evenly divided between light and darkness?

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5. List 4 characteristics that an area must have to be considered a rainforest:

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