Rainforest

Gunnar Miller

What makes a rainforest?

Location-lie in the tropicsRainfall-80 inches per year

Canopy-layer of branches/leaves

Where are rainforests located?

Largest Rainforest-Amazon river basinTemperate Rainforest-Found along the pacific

coast

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

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.

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.

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.

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.