communication in understanding the role of tropical rainforests in preventing climate change. The global atmosphere is undergoing rapid change‚ especially in terms of increasing average temperatures worldwide‚ and this is primarily attributed to human activity (Malhi & Wright‚ 2004). One important factor in this increasing temperature is the constant clearing and destruction of tropical rainforests. It is crucial that the importance of tropical rainforests‚ as global heat and water pumps‚ carbon sinks
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Disappearing X Experiment Introduction I am going to investigate the rate of reaction between sodium thiosulphate (thio) and hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric Acid + Sodium Thiosulphate "" sodium chloride + water + sulphur The reactants are both colourless‚ but one of the products‚ sulphur‚ is yellow‚ so we can use this fact to follow the rates of reaction. I am going to investigate how the concentration of the acid effects the speed of the reaction. Apparatus 1 small measuring cylinder 1 large
Free Chemical reaction Chlorine Sodium chloride
Brazil is a great country in many ways. Firstly‚ Brazil has one of the wonders of the world; The CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE. Next‚ Brazil is the home to the World’s biggest Rain forest; Amazon Rain forest. In Addition‚ Brazil has one of the best soccer team in the world because of their successes and support. These three things play a main role in Brazil’s Economy. Brazil is not only home to the world’s biggest Rain forest or the world’s best soccer team it is also the home to
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Rainforests have been declining rapidly over the last few decades. There are various factors responsible for this decline‚ resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation is the cutting down of a large area of trees and the destruction of forests by people. Forests are what we call an exhaustible resource‚ one which can be used up if it is not used carefully. Over the last few decades‚ deforestation
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Deforestation poses a threat to the biological diversity of tropical rainforests. Species are disappearing up to 1000 times faster than the faster due to rainforest destruction. Organisms and many species are adapted to specific niches within the rainforest ecosystem. The species depend on one another in a food web. So‚ when humans disrupt parts of the rainforest‚ it affect a variety of species. According‚ Tropical rainforests took between 60 and 100 million years to evolve and are believed to be
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AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN MALAYSIA Malaysia has a diverse number of animal and plant species in its rainforests. 20% of the world’s animal species are found here. These forests cover two-thirds of the Malaysian land. It has about 250 species of reptiles‚ 150 species of snakes and a thousand species of insects. There are around 14‚500 species of flowering plants and trees. Besides the rainforests‚ Malaysia has 1‚ 425 sq km of mangroves. However‚ with the current rate of deforestation‚ it is believed
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Rainforests A rainforest (or rain forest) is a tropical forest that gets a lot of rain. It usually has a lot of plants and animals. A very well known rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest. Most of it is in Brazil‚ though Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Chile and other countries have parts of it.Scientists say over half of all plant and animal species live in the rainforest. Also more than 1/4 of all medicines come from here. Covering only 2% of the Earth’s land area they still provide 40% of the oxygen.. It
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Cited: Geographic‚ National. Modern-day Plague. 2013. Pimm‚ Stuart L. "Biodiversity: Extinction by Numbers." Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science (2004): 843-845. Science‚ Truth in. The Peppered Moth. 2005-2013. Taylor‚ Lisa. Rainforest facts. 21 December 2012.
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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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Europe caused by chemicals used daily. Such chemicals are being released more and more each day; faster than our trees and oceans can absorb. Having less and less trees each day could also be an important factor to take into account. The rainforest is disappearing due to deforestation‚
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