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1. What is the difference between a temperate and tropical rainforest? --> A tropical rainforest is located in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Also, tropical rainforests have a lot more life as well as very little variation in climate.

2. When was Arthur's Pass National Park founded? --> Arthur's Pass National Park was founded in 1929. It was the first national park on the South Island of New Zealand.

3. How did this park get its' name of Arthur's Pass? --> This national park got the name "Arthur's Pass" when Arthur Dudley Dobson surveyed the land and made his way over the pass in 1864.