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You are allowed ten minutes research time. After this, share one fact (or more) with the class about the Amazon rainforest that you didn't know befor
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the rainforest has no seasons throughout the year.
this video shows how relaxing and peaceful the rainforest is & it also shows that nature is the place to go for relaxation.
One hectare (2.47 acres) may contain over 750 types of trees and 1500 species of higher plants.
Some rainforest monkeys are omnivores, eating both animals and plants.
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm (68-78 inches). The monsoon
When You Get Trench Foot It Is Hard To Dry Your Feet. :)
your feet hardly ever get dry.
sam taylor :)
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second.
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second.
The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes to reach the ground
Kaietur Falls one of the world largest water fall in the Rainforest .
Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6%
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second. o.o
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The undergrowth in a rainforest is restricted in many areas by the lack of sunlight at ground level.There are two types of rainforest, tropical rainforest and temperate rainforest.
Tropical rainforests are home to two-thirds of all the living species.
Tropical rainforests cover approximately 8% of the worlds land surface
The floor of a rainforest only receives 2% of sunlight, only plants adapted to low light can grow. emily gray :)
about 50 million acres (approximately the size of Great Britain) of tropical rainforests are destroyed each year.
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm.
Most medicine men and shamans remaining in the Rainforests today are 70 years old or more. Each time a rainforest medicine man dies, it is as if a library has b
About 2,000 trees per minute are cut down in the rainforests.
One tree in the Amazon can house 200 different types of insects; not 200 insects but 200 different types!
i have found a website with power points of rainforests
The Amazon Rainforest has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet" because it provides the essential environmental world service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen.
The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres, encompassing areas in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and the Eastern Andean region of Ecuador and Peru.
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second
This is my mums tarantula Avicularia amazonca from the Brazilian rainforest. The largest Tarantula is Theraphosa blondi it comes from South America.
Covering less than 2 percent of the Earth's total surface area, the world's rainforests are home to 50 percent of the Earth's plants and animals.
The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes to reach the ground.
At least 3000 fruits are found in the rainforests; of these only 200 are now in use in the Western World. The Indians of the rainforest use over 2,000.
rainforest can be found all over the world from as far north as alaska and canada to latin america, asia and africa.
the rain forests cover less than 6% of the earth's total land surface.
there is al least 3,000 fruits found in a rainforest
ellie.m :)
The "howler monkey" is the loudest land animal on earth, they live in many rainforests but are typically found in the costa rican raiforest. :)
I got the fact of of this website
I found this video on youtube. One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries.
There were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000.
It is almost impossible to dry your feet in the rain forest
giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9inchs a day
Rainforests are responsible for 28% of the words oxygen
1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants.
There are two major types of rainforest the tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest.
From 40 to 75% of all species on earth are indigenous to the rain forest
Stick insects are found in the rainforests and can be different shades of green, to almost blue.
Rainforests used to cover 14% of the earth's surface, but now they cover only 6%.
An area of a rainforest
the size of a football field
is being destroyed each
second.
more than 2,000 diffrent species of butterflies are found in the rain forest of south america sophie dean :)
The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes to reach the ground.
Some plants use others for support. For example:
from BBC Wildlife