Fun Facts About

Dinosaurs Habitats —From the Arctic to the Rainforest

EnvironmentsEXTREME

Only aboutof the Earth’s land surfaceis rainforests, but about

of all animals and plants

live there!

6%

1/2

Rainforests get

inchesof rainfall a year.

50 to 260Temperatures as low as

have been recorded innorthern Greenland!

-94°F

“Arctic” comes from the Greek word “Arktos” for

(not the polar bear – ratherthe two constellations of bears,

Ursa Minor & Ursa Major,in the northern sky).

bear

Amazingly, close to

peoplecall this freezing

wintery land their home!

4 million

More than

species of

butterflies live in the rainforests

of South America.

80%of the food we eatoriginally comes from

the Rainforest.

Less than

sunlightreaches the

rainforest floor.

1% of

The Amazon is thelargest rainforest covering

square miles– about the size

of Western Europe!

3.4 million

2,000

Flying frogs, squirrels and monkeys

can be found in Asian rainforests!

Each yearthere is at least one full day of

darknessand one full day of

sunlightdue to

the earth’s tilt.

Near the North Pole,paleontologists discovered bones

from Hadrosaurs in fossilized rock from

— dispelling the belief that these cold-blooded animals could not survive

in harsh arctic environments.

70 million years ago

75 to 80°F

Rainforest habitats provided perfect conditions for dinosaurswith year-round temperatures

and plenty of water from rain every day.

The Arctic is located at the

northernmostpart of our planet.

Delaware Museum of Natural History

Delaware Museum of Natural History

Learn more about these habitats at the

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