• By: Lauren Bean

• Grade 6 social studies

with Mr.Cuzzi

1. What is causing the rainforests of Africa to Disappear? What

percent of the rainforests are already gone? • 90% of Africa’s rainforest is gone. People are cutting the

trees down to sell.

2. What is the name of the tribe that lives in the

rainforest? Describe some of their customs.  • The tribe that lives in the rainforest is called the Baka. They hunt for

food and believe that the rainforest is their parent that provides everything for them.

3. Meat is easier to come by in the United States than in the

rainforests. List all the different animals they get meat from.

• Monkey, hippos, elephants, and okapi

4. List and describe four different animals

• GORILLAS-The best known of Africa's three gorilla species is the mountain gorilla,

• AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANTS- Their love of fruit and makes them very efficient. (spreading seeds throughout the forest.)

• PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS-The Pygmy Hippopotamus lives in the lowland and wet forests

• OKAPI- it is a shy vegetarian, feeding on fruit and leaves.

5. One plant in the rainforest is used widely throughout the world; in fact you may have some of it in your

house. What is the name of the plant? Describe it. • MAHOGANY-Mahogany is one of the most commercially

popular woods from the African rainforest

6. What is the climate like in the rainforest? Average rainfall

• Temperature-80 degrees

• Rainfall-63 to 79 inches each year

• Climate- sunny and wet.

7. List the countries that have rainforests in them.

• Burundi• Cameroon• Nigeria• Congo Kinshasa• Rwanda• Sierra Leone• Ghana• Guinea• Liberia• Central African Republic• Cote d’Ivoire• Congo Brazzaville• Equatorial Guinea• Gabon

8. What is the main reason the rainforests are being cut

down?

• People cut down the rainforest because they like to sell wood to people all around the world.

9. The African rainforest grows in the Congo River

basin. What large river runs through the basin?

• The Congo River.

10.  List and describe three types of vegetation found

in the rainforest • OIL PALM

A native of West and Central Africa, the oil palm accounts for

roughly 14 percent of all the world's plant oils

MAHOGANY Mahogany is one of the most commercially popular woods from the African rainforest.

OKOUMÈ Found only in Central Africa, okoumÈ accounts for 90 percent of the trees logged in Gabon's rainforests