Welcome to the Rainforest

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Welcome to the Rainforest
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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

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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.

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Rainforest Layers
Click here to learn about the different layers of
the rainforest.
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Animals - Mammals

• Ocelot
• Vampire Bat
• Sloth
• Tapir
• Howler Monkey
• Aye Aye

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Animal Sort

• Anole
• Piranha
• Macaw
• Walking Stick
• Iguana
• Rhinoceros Beetle
• Cassowary
• Eel

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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

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Plants

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

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Rainforest Products

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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