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Title: Welcome to the Rainforest


1
Welcome to the Rainforest
2
Rainforest Facts
  • Rainforests are very warm, wet think jungle
    areas.
  • Millions of plants and animals live in
    rainforests.
  • It rains almost every day in a rain forest.
  • They get over 100 ft. of rain each year.
  • The weather is hot.
  • There are no seasons in the rain
  • Click here to view pictures of the rainforest

3
Rainforest Location
  • Tropical rainforests are found in countries that
    are in hot climates near the middle of the earth.
    This area around the middle of the earth is
    called the equator. It doesnt freeze in
    tropical rainforests.

4
Rainforest Layers
Click here to learn about the different layers of
the rainforest.
5
Animals - Mammals
  • Ocelot
  • Vampire Bat
  • Sloth
  • Tapir
  • Howler Monkey
  • Aye Aye

6
Animal Sort
  • Anole
  • Piranha
  • Macaw
  • Walking Stick
  • Iguana
  • Rhinoceros Beetle
  • Cassowary
  • Eel

7
Guess the Sound
  • Click here to hear sound 1
  • Click here to hear sound 2
  • Click here to hear sound 3
  • Click here to hear sound 4

8
Plants
  • Bromeliads
  • Epiphytes
  • Saprophytes
  • Buttress Roots
  • Orchids
  • Carnivorous Plants

9
Rainforest Products
  • Many items that we eat and use everyday are from
  • the rainforest.
  • Rubber sugar medicine
    peanuts
  • Bananas chocolate coffee
    pineapples

10
Videos
  • Click here to watch a video on harvesting cocoa
    beans.
  • Click here to watch a video on harvesting
    bananas.
  • Click here to watch a video on harvesting coffee
    bean.

11
Rainforest Destruction
  • Fact 116 miles of rainforest are destroyed
    every day.
  • Why are rainforests being destroyed?
  • Humans are the main cause of rainforest
    destruction or deforestation. Humans are cutting
    down rainforests for many reasons, including
  • 1. wood for both timber and wood for making
    fires
  • 2. agriculture for both small and large
    farms
  • 3. land for poor farmers who don't have
    anywhere else to live
  • 4. grazing land for cattle and
  • 5. road construction
  • The Amazon Rainforest could be gone by the year
    2025.
  • Click here to see rainforest destruction

12
What can you do to save the rainforest?
  • Use less paper Since paper comes from trees,
    using less paper can help save the rainforest.
  • Eat less red meat Since the cleared land is
    turned into grass pastures for cows, eating less
    red meat can help save the rainforest.
  • Use less gas and plastic Gas and plastic are
    made from oil. Since oil extraction is very
    harmful to the rainforest, using less oil
    products can help save the rainforests.
  • Educate yourself about the rainforest -
    Rainforests are magical places that are important
    to every living thing on earth.
  • Write a letter Writing letters to companies
    that destroy the rainforest is VERY powerful.

13
The EndI hope you enjoyed learning about the
rainforest.Click here to count all the animals
in the rainforest.
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