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Rainforest
Gunnar Miller
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What makes a rainforest?
Location-lie in the tropicsRainfall-80 inches per year
Canopy-layer of branches/leaves
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Where are rainforests located?
Largest Rainforest-Amazon river basinTemperate Rainforest-Found along the pacific
coast
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Why do we need rainforests?
Plants- they generate a lot of the earths oxygenClimate- helps maintain a balanced climate
Animals- home to many unique species
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Why are rainforests in danger?
Like this picture, rainforests are being logged off for timber. Higher human population also is a
factor in this situation.
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Why are the ra
inforest plants a
nd
animals i
n danger?
Humans and other th
ings they
bring harm
the anim
als.
Plants lack th
e nutrients t
he once
had.
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Land development for rainforest land.
Resorts and other hotels are a buyer of land.Some our even enterprises doing studies.
The land is being changed for tourist and money.
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Malaria(the bark of the cinchona tree produces quinine.
Muscle relaxants come from curare, a vine extract used to poison arrows and darts.
The Phyllomedusa Bicolor sweats and causes strokes, seizures, depression and alzheimer’s
disease.
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