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Brazil
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• Brazil is home to at least 103,870 animal species and between 43,000 and 49,000 plant species
• Each year about 700 new animal species are discovered in Brazil!
Brazil Facts
• Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and the largest country in South America
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Brazil
• Amazon
• Atlantic forest
• Caatinga
• Cerrado
• Pantanal
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Amazon• The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world.
• The Amazon is home to one in ten of all animal and plant species.
• Lots of the Amazon has been cut down - an area the size of three football pitches is disappearing every minute.
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Animals found in the Amazon
Jaguar Boto
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Green anacondaDyeing poison frog
Animals found in the Amazon
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Atlantic forest
• Atlantic forest is found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
• Home to lots of plants and animals
• Lots of the Atlantic forest has been cut down
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Atlantic forest
Maned three-toed sloth Atlantic royal flycatcher
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Caatinga• The Caatinga is a dry forest area in Brazil.
• The Caatinga is home to lots of bird species .
• Many of the plants in the Caatinga are not found anywhere else in the world.
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Animals found in the Caatinga
Lear's macaw Brazilian three-banded armadillo
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Cerrado• The Cerrado is the largest woodland-savannah in South America.
• 5% of all known species in the world and three in ten Brazilian species are found here.
• It is one of the most threatened areas in Brazil.
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Cerrado
Maned wolf Giant anteater
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Pantanal• The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland.
• The Pantanal is home to lots of animals and plants.
• In the rainy season over 80% of the Pantanal is flooded.
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Pantanal
Capybara Hyacinth macaw
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Activities
We are going to do two activities:
1. Picture matching – you need to match the name of the habitat to its picture.
2. Mask making – you are going to make a mask of an animal from Brazil.
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Activity 1 - Answers
Cerrado
Atlantic Forest
Caatinga
Amazon
Pantanal
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Activity 2 – make a mask!
Pick one of the Brazilian animals from below and make a mask!
Maned wolf
Jaguar
Dyeing poison frog Green anaconda
Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Capybara