3N Contents Page What is rainforest?..................................................................................Page 3 Where are rainforests found?..................................................................Page 3 What kinds of animals and plants life are round the rainforest?.............Page 4 Indigenous people of the rainforests?.....................................................Page 4 Why are rain forests important?......................................…
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Rainforests of Atsinanana Veronica Torres Bio/100 December 7, 2014 Miranda Gauthier Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” He couldn’t be anymore right. But yet we still are over logging and illegally logging. Deforestation is when we cut down large amounts of the forests at one time; which have an effect on the life around and in the forests. Now…
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Amazon Rainforest Rosen Pierre Mrs.Reagen period: 3/4a 12/27/14…
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John Smith GEO 101 Johnson Tuesday, November 20 Loss of Rainforests Tropical rainforests play a vital role in the planet's natural systems. Current studies are showing that there is a vital relationship between the rainforests and rainfall. The forests regulate climate and weather through their absorption. They act like a sponge while recreating rain and exchanging natural gases in the air. For example, the Amazon rainforest creates 50 to 80 percent of its own rainfall through transpiration…
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Information Report Chronicle Sub-types ? ? i) ii) iii) iv) v) Personal recount; Autobiographical recount; Biographical recount; Bi hi l t Historical recount Historical account Comparing things Comparative Report Explaining how & why Explanation i) things occur ii) iii) v) iv) ? ? Sequential explanation; Causal explanation; Factorial explanation; Co seque t a e p a at o Consequential explanation 3 ELL152 (Summer 2011) Text structure (stages) Text structure (stages)…
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oyed which endangers chimps and other animals. The Jane Goodall Institute has raised awareness and money to help endangered animals in Africa, Goodall is still working to end this injustice of deforestation. Deforestation happens because people are clearing forests to create farmland and collect wood. About 80,000 acres of rainforests are lost daily. Deforestation rates are about 8.5 higher now than they were during the 1990s. At this rate, rainforests could be completely destroyed in about a hundred years or so…
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Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest has evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. Rainforests represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources that for years, by virtue of their richness in both animal and plant species, have contributed a wealth of resources for the survival and well-being of humankind. These resources have included basic food supplies, clothing, shelter, fuel, spices, industrial…
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" Biologicaldiversity.org. Center for Biological Diversity, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 13). This increase in extinct species directly corresponds to the environmental threats that put animals in vulnerable positions. The environmental threats: deforestation, climate change, and the extraction of natural resources have resulted in animals becoming critically endangered throughout South America. Deforestation has posed a huge threat to species that live throughout the Amazon. Deforestation, which is the removal…
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Tropical Rainforest A rainforest is a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall. There are many rainforests around the world such as the Amazon rainforest, and these are recognized world-wide because of it’s beauty and their originality. There are many different animals in the rainforest, but only some get to dominate. Some of the animals include the Bengal tiger which is endangered because they are killed for medical purposes…
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Biodiversity and Health of Canadian Forests Introduction As one of the most unrecognized yet important ecosystem microhabitats, dead and decaying wood is vitally responsible for maintaining the health of Canadian forests. Linking past and future forests, it is in many ways a biological legacy1. Not only does it provide a habitat for a plethora of plant and animal life, it is a source of food for bacteria, insects, and fungi2. Additionally, it acts as a regeneration site for trees…
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