The Rainforest Habitat

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The Rainforest Habitat
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• The rainforest is a habitat where it rains almost
  every day.
• There can be more than 70 inches of rain each
  year.

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• Because there is a lot of rain, many trees and
  plants grow well.

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The map below shows the location of the worlds
tropical rainforests.
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• The rainforest is home to some of the most
  beautiful and unusual plants in the world.
• Some of the plants give us medicine.
• Some of the plants give us food.

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Ginger Flower
Fig Tree
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Kapok Tree
Bamboo
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Pineapple
Cashews
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Bananas
Oranges
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Cocoa Beans
Coffee Beans
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• The plants in a rainforest grow in layers.
• Each layer gets less light than the layer above
  it.
• The 4 layers are the forest floor, understory,
  canopy, and emergent layer.

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Forest Floor

• The forest floor is dark and damp.
• Many insects and animals live here.

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The Understory

• The understory is dense with plants and animal
  life.

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The Canopy

• In the canopy layer, dense trees form an
  umbrella over the forest below.

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The Emergent Layer

• The emergent layer has trees that break through
  the rainforest canopy.

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• The trees and plants are food and shelter for
  many animals.

Poison Dart Frog
Toucan
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• Rainforest animals live in the layers where they
  can find food and shelter.

Tapir
Walking Stick
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The Forest Floor
Ants
Rhinoceros Beetle
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The Understory
Ocelot
Bat
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The Canopy
Lizard
Sloth
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The Emergent Layer
Harpy Eagle
Howler Monkey
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• Unfortunately, rainforests are being cut down at
  an alarming rate.
• The trees are being cut down to make room for new
  houses and to use for lumber.

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• If we continue to destroy the rainforests, it
  will not be good for our earth.