Yeison Garrido Mrs. Hilger English 1301 July 29, 2011 Destruction of the Rainforest Should the world just stand by as the rainforest are being shutdown? This is happening now and it is slipping the attention of everyone. While lumberjacks hack away at the precious oxygen producing plants people need to survive, they go on with their self absorbed lives, worried only about twitter updates, and star bucks coffee. One and a half acres are being destroyed every second. The time for change is now. It
Study of Social and Environment Year 8 RAINFOREST ENVIRONMENTS Semester 2, 2011 Part A: Question (i): State whether or not rainforest soils are deep and rich or shallow and relatively infertile. Give reasons as to why this is the case. Answer (i): A major misunderstanding of rainforest is that they have deep rich and fertile soil. However this is not the case. Rainforest in reality have shallow and relatively infertile soil. The reasons behind
have been destroying the rainforests for a long time. They don�t realize the importance of it. Actually, rainforest means a land of green where animals and trees live in peace. Rainforests are very peaceful places where lots of green trees and vines hang for the animals to jump around. It provides them with a place where they can hunt for food. There are four rainforests located, close to the equator. They are in America, Australia, Asia and Africa. America�s rainforest is located in the northern
Tomorrow” The intensity and beauty of the rainforest is indescribable and timeless, which cannot be simply captured by a photograph. It’s one of nature’s most mystical biological treasures, created over four million years ago. However, the rainforest is far from just being a beautiful refugee camp for exotic animals, because rainforests have altered the lives of humans around the world. Most people are not educated about deforestation and the specific characteristics that rainforests possess which are vital
burning and clearing some rain forest. We still need to have the rainforest around. These rainforest provide roughly two-thirds of the plant and animal species that the world has. Do you know how much oxygen is provided just by the Amazon rainforest? The answer to that question is twenty percent. This is a staggering number that has opened my eyes about the rainforest. Have you ever thought about how many trees are in the rainforest? I personally have never thought about it but, just from watching
sEdit Tropical Rainforest Intro: An average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) of rain falls yearly. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below 68 °F (20 °C); average humidity is between 77 and 88%; rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year. There is usually a brief season of less rain. The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. 6-7 months of dry season. in tropical dry forest about
Background Worksheets > Before your visit Finding the rainforests Using an atlas to help you, mark in the areas where tropical rainforests grow. Colour these areas green. Now draw in the equator on your map and label it clearly. Name three countries where rainforests grow: 1. 2. 3. Label these three countries on your map www.livingrainforest.org Background Worksheets > Before your visit Rainforest layers Complete the labels for each layer of the forest. Choose from the following
The rainforest is a term used to describe an ecosystem of a forest with very high rain fall, generally located in South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Rainforests are home to many unique animals and people. Children can learn more about the rainforest through classroom projects that focus on a variety of standpoints, such as sociological, scientific or anthropological. Other People Are Reading How to Make a Rainforest in a BoxHow to Make a Rainforest in a Box How to Make Cardboard
and the sweat soaks your t-shirt. You can hear the sound of wild animals all around you. From the trees above, birds and monkeys are calling. You hear the constant buzzing drone of insects. What was that?! A rustling and a grunt in the undergrowth near you makes you jump. Then thunder explodes almost overhead and the sound of heavy rain on the leaves above you drowns out all the other noises. You are in a rainforest - one of the most fascinating and diverse habitats on the planet! E-mail:
Jake Cuzzupe 5/16/11 Research Paper The Rainforest The Amazon rainforest is the biggest forest in the world and is also the last big space covered with tropical plants and animals. The Amazon forest territory is a tropical rainforest that is located in the north side of the South American continent and is shared by 9 countries different countries including, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Guiana.The largest part of is located in