Welcome to the

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Welcome to the
Rain Forest
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Objectives 1.Students will learn about what
defines a rainforest. 2.Students will learn
about the environmental impact of eliminating
rainforests. 3.Students will learn about what
animals live in the rainforest. 4.Students will
learn about the Indigenous people of the
rainforest.
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Begin by hitting on this address
httpwww.field-trips.org/sci/rainforest Click on
Start Field Trip in the top right corner. As you
travel through the rain forest, answer these
questions on a sheet of notebook paper.
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Stop 1

• How many undiscovered species live in the
  rainforest?

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Stop 2

• In 1900 there were 1 million Indians. Today
  there are

200,000 Indians. Come up with a fraction
demonstrating the number of Indians today as
compared to the number of Indians in 1900.

• Choose three adjectives to describe the
  orangutan in the

picture.

• List five places where you can find rain forests.

• What are the people that live in the rain forest
  called?

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Stop 3

• Go to chapter 2. Name three things the forest
  provides

for the indigenous people.

• What is an emergent tree?

• What percentage of the rainforests nutrients
  are not

found within the soil?
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Stop 4

• Over half the rain that falls on a tropical rain
  forest is

water derived from where?
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Stop 5

• What is the worlds largest

tropical rain forest?
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Stop 7

• Why are most of the plants in the rain forest so

important to humans?

• What percentage of the earth does the rain
  forests

cover? Change this number into a fraction.
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Stop 8

• The Amazon gets nine feet of rain each year. How

many inches are in nine feet?

• How much rain do we get in Georgia a year?

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Stop 11

• Read the passage about iguanas and tell the main
  idea.

• How many birds reside in all three of these
  places

Carara Biological Reserve, Corcovado National
Park, and Palo Verde National Park?
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Stop 12

• Give two examples of endangered species.

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Stop 13

• Where do the Uwa people live?

• Look on a world map. In what continent do you

see Colombia?

• What are some of the strong spiritual beliefs

of the Uwa culture?
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Stop 14

• Here we read that we need to reduce our oil

consumption. What is one thing we use oil for?

• How can we reduce consumption?

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Congratulations on Completing the Rain Forest
Tour!