PPT-Why is the rainforest so important?

Today we are learning to Describe why the rainforest is so important to us Explain why the rainforest is being destroyed Discuss how groups of people are trying to conserve the rainforests. COFFS HARBOUR NSW 2450Reference Books for Rainforest Tree Identification By Gavin Vogt. Tropical Rainforest Facts. Tropical rainforests are located in warm regions.. 50-260 inches of rain falls every year.. 40% of Earth’s oxygen comes from tropical rainforests.. Rainforests are now less that 6% of Earth’s surface.. By: Michael Anaya & . Emanoel. . Lorenzzutti. Forest of tall trees that is hot all year around and gets about 50 to 260 in. of rainfall a year. . Brazil Nut Tree. Famous for reaching heights of over 160 feet, the Brazil nut tree towers above other trees in the Amazon rainforest. During January and February, its fruit -- which is the size of a baseball and can weigh up to 5 pounds -- ripens and falls to the ground, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph on its descent. Inside the fruits’ hard, woody exterior are anywhere from 10 to 21 nuts arranged in a pattern similar to segments of an orange. The outer casing of the fruit is so hard that only one known animal -- the agoutis, a large rodent with sharp, chisel-like teeth -- can crack it open. In just one year, a Brazil nut tree can produce some 250 pounds of nuts.. By: Meredith Brown, Deandra Thomas, Jenna Banwell, and Samantha Maxson. Strangler fig. Canopy. Bromeliad. Climate and temperature chart. Mountains. Cloud Forests. Lichens. Food Web. Rainforest locations. Animals & Their Environment. 2016. Four “basic” layers of the rainforest. The rainforest has 4 basic layers. Plants and animal have adapted to the various layers. Each layer has a “MICROCLIMATE”. We are learning to….. Define. . the term sustainable. Explore. possible ways forward. Suggest . how it can make life more sustainable in the Amazon. What does sustainable mean?. THINK. PAIR. SHARE. . By. . Finn. . and. . Alice. . Click on video to view . .. What is a Rainforest? . A dense . forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall. .. • located . in tropics by . equator. • cover about 2% of earth’s surface, but house over half of world’s plant and animal species; ¼ . of medicines . originated in . rainforest. • rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate; half have been cut down in the last century; . ? (4 weeks) . KS2 Geography. :. . locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on . Indonesia and . concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics. .. Outcome: . Rich. Introduction. . The tropical rain forest and other are special to us. There are 4 layers in the rainforest. The layers are called the forest floor, the understory, and the emergent layer. Rainforest are located near the equator. They are made up of heat and a lot of rain. Rainforests are located in South America, Pacific Islands. There are many plants and animals in the rainforest. That’s why rainforest are important.. By: Erik Weber. Southern Cassowary. Found in Northern Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands.. Eats mainly fruit, vegetation, insects, and fungi.. Known as the “gardeners of the rainforest” because they eat the seeds of a fruit, then deposit it somewhere else in their feces.. Sara. Introduction. . The rainforests of the world are important to us. In the world rainforests are located in Southern Asia, South America, Africa, Central America and the Pacific Islands. That’s were rainforest are located. Rainforest are also near the equator. There’s heat and a lot of rain in the rainforest. There are four layers in the rainforest. There are many plants and animals in the rainforest. That’s why rainforests are important to us. . Boukou. would like to tell you all about his life in the rainforest. He’s going to teach you all about:. Where he lives. What he eats. How he spends a typical day. The problems that his people face.. The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, covering over five and a half a million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres).. Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana..