______________________________ The Tropical Rainforest Rainforest Series‚ Part 1 - by Mikki Sadil Tropical rainforests are among the most mysterious of all geographical biomes in the world. A biome is an area with very distinctive plants and animals that have adapted to life in that particular environment. Rainforests have covered large portions of the Earth for millions of years‚ and can have trees that are 1‚000 years-old or more. They are called rainforests because they are among the wettest areas
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(Mosko‚ 1987). Because of their diet and relative isolation‚ risk of disease is fairly low (Fabrega‚ 1997). Sickness is a very public concern‚ since each individual is a contributor to the existence of the whole unit. The Itori is a rainforest in Northeastern Zaire‚ and does not provide enough food throughout the year to sustain the tribe. They depend on trading for foods‚ as well as hunting and gathering (Bailey‚ Head‚ Jenike‚ Owen‚ Rechtman‚ & Zechenter‚ 1989). The combination classifies
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environment. Rainforests have evolved over millions of years to turn into the incredibly complex environments they are today. They represent a store of living and breathing renewable natural resources that for millions of years have contributed a wealth of resources for the survivaland well being of humans. Rainforests have given us basic foodsupplies‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ fuel‚ spices‚ industrial raw materials‚ and medicine to all those who have lived there. Everything in the rainforest is extremely
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He then whipped out the highlighter‚ popped off the cap‚ tossed it on the desk. The article was about the Amazon Rainforest. It began to narrate about the various types of vegetation that inhabits the Amazon. The boy came across a paragraph that described Venus Fly Traps and figured that would be a notable point to highlight. He brought the tip of the highlighter closer
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Energy Paper The rainforest is Earth’s oldest living ecosystem. Although they only span 6% of the surface of the Earth‚ rainforests contain more than half of the world’s plant and animal species. The amount of species that live in the rainforest is greater than 30 million plants and animals. In addition to plants and animals‚ nearly 50‚000‚000 tribal people live in the world’s rainforests. They depend on the rainforests to provide them with food and shelter. The rainforest has an extremely unique
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Two types of palms in the Daintree rainforest are the Fan palm and the Wait-a-While palm. The fan palm grows very well in the wet season and loves flooded muddy areas. This type of palm can grow up to six metres tall and have a length of four metres. The wait-a-while palm is a climbing palm that has spiky vines that can catch onto your clothes. In this palm‚ drinkable water can be found in its stems. Layers Of the Rainforest The layers of the rainforest include the Emergent layer‚ The Canopy
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problem T F Most of the Western United States was once covered by large areas of temperate forests. T F Nails or suction cups would be an adaptation for animals in the Tropical Rainforests. T F Epiphytes are animals that fight with other animals. T F Rainfall must be at least 80 inches a year in a Rainforest. T F Three major forest biomes are the coniferous forest‚ oak forest and
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Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement Grantham University Written By: Shanice Brooks Green Belt Movement Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement has planted over 40 million trees all over Africa. Wangari Maathai was the first African women to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development‚ democracy‚ and peace and founded of the Green Belt Movement offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa. Wangari is loved by the people and she gain
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Modern-Day Plague Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale‚ often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area‚ but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year. The world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation. Forests are cut down for many reasons‚ but most of them are related to money or to people’s need to provide for their families.The biggest
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I chose http://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/cbhf/colonial/col007.html because it has art from the particular era that these events took place as well as primary sources. This site is related to the topic we are currently studying in the manner of its main subject: the settlement of the Chesapeake Bay. One thing I found interesting was George Percy’s journal entry on April 26th‚ 1607 (the day of arrival): "The six and twentieth day of April‚ about four o’clock in the morning‚ we descried the
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