Q. What percent of the total surface area of the Earth does the tropical rainforest biome cover?
Answer: 2 %
Notes: Rainforests only cover around 2 percent the total surface area of the Earth, but really about 50 percent of the plants and animals on the earth live in the rainforest. The Amazon Rainforest in South America is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

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