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Rainforest Facts
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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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Some plants use others for support. For example:
from BBC Wildlife
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.
more than 2,000 diffrent species of butterflies are found in the rain forest of south america sophie dean :)
An area of a rainforest
the size of a football field
is being destroyed each
second.
Rainforests used to cover 14% of the earth's surface, but now they cover only 6%.
Stick insects are found in the rainforests and can be different shades of green, to almost blue.
From 40 to 75% of all species on earth are indigenous to the rain forest
There are two major types of rainforest the tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest.
1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants.
Rainforests are responsible for 28% of the words oxygen
giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9inchs a day
It is almost impossible to dry your feet in the rain forest
There were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000.
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.
I got the fact of of this website
The "howler monkey" is the loudest land animal on earth, they live in many rainforests but are typically found in the costa rican raiforest. :)
there is al least 3,000 fruits found in a rainforest
ellie.m :)
the rain forests cover less than 6% of the earth's total land surface.
rainforest can be found all over the world from as far north as alaska and canada to latin america, asia and africa.
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.
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.
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.
This is my mums tarantula Avicularia amazonca from the Brazilian rainforest. The largest Tarantula is Theraphosa blondi it comes from South America.
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second
The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres, encompassing areas in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and the Eastern Andean region of Ecuador and Peru.
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.
i have found a website with power points of rainforests
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!
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
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm.
about 50 million acres (approximately the size of Great Britain) of tropical rainforests are destroyed each year.
The floor of a rainforest only receives 2% of sunlight, only plants adapted to low light can grow. emily gray :)
Tropical rainforests cover approximately 8% of the worlds land surface
Tropical rainforests are home to two-thirds of all the living species.
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.
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second. o.o
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Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6%
Kaietur Falls one of the world largest water fall in the Rainforest .
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
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.
your feet hardly ever get dry.
sam taylor :)
When You Get Trench Foot It Is Hard To Dry Your Feet. :)
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm (68-78 inches). The monsoon
Some rainforest monkeys are omnivores, eating both animals and plants.
One hectare (2.47 acres) may contain over 750 types of trees and 1500 species of higher plants.
this video shows how relaxing and peaceful the rainforest is & it also shows that nature is the place to go for relaxation.
the rainforest has no seasons throughout the year.