trees in the rainforest are so tall and dense that the forest is described as being composed of five different vertical layers. The uppermost layer is the emergent layer and consists of a few trees that can reach up to seventy meters off the forest floor. This layer has access to sunlight which is beneficial for the trees‚ but the trees must also be adapted to withstand intense heat from the sun and high temperatures. The next layer is the canopy‚ which is also known as the rainforest roof‚ and forms
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to the rainforests. Have you noticed‚ or are you too caught up in your day? Have you ignored your actions and there impacts because you don’t want to face the truth? I hope you feel ashamed‚ for not realizing how beautiful this Earth is and can be‚ like a garden bursting with life. Instead you treat rainforest’s like rubbish on the side of the street. My name is Charley Hill‚ and I stand here before you today to express the threats and consequences of deforestation in The Amazon Rainforest. I fight
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Tropical rainforests are important to man as they have many valuable resources. Most of the perfumes‚ soaps‚ cough drops and cosmetics we purchase have natural oils from the rainforests such as bay oil‚ coconut oil‚ eucalyptus oil‚ palm oil‚ rosewood oil‚ camphor oil and star-anise oil. Tropical rainforest also produces other products; latex and rubber products are made from the latex sap that are found in rubber trees and red dye is created from annatto. Tropical rainforests provide natural fibres
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The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. It covers over 1.4 billion acres of land. About two and half million different insects and 40000 plant species live in the Amazon. Location • South of the equator • 3.1600° S and 60.0300° W • Stretches across 9 different countries in South America The abiotic factors in the Amazon Rainforest are important because they affect the plants and animals that live there. Without these factors trees and plants would not be able to
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day Rio de Janeiro on April 22nd‚ 1500. The crew onboard was unaware of the land of opportunity before them. This area would prove to show agriculturally enhanced land‚ large amounts of precious metals‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ the largest rainforest in the world. Already familiar with South America‚ historical records show that approximately seven million native indians inhabited Brazil‚ but today less than 200‚000 indigenous people survive by fleeing to the Amazon (geographia). These native
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the atmosphere. Rainforests are one of the natural wonders of the world. However‚ they are enticing as they produce lucrative materials‚ as well as containing large amounts of unclaimed spaces. Many of these temptations are too much for people as about 18 million acres of forest are cut down every year (Rinkesh). Recently‚ rainforests have encountered more trouble than ever‚ as people try to exploit the materials found within. Though many may not see the importance of rainforests in lives today
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Saving the Rainforest If someone or something was in danger‚ would you do anything to help? Well the world’s rainforest are currently disappearing at a rate of 6‚000 acres every hour which is equivalent to almost 3‚500 football fields. If you have been unaware‚ rainforests are well on their way to extinction. Rainforest once covered 14% of the earth’s surface; now they cover about 6% and experts say the remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Commercial logging is the
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In the rainforest ecosystem‚ everything is connected to one another. There is an interconnectedness existing in this ecosystem. To continue to function‚ the ecosystem depends on the interactions between the biotic and abiotic factors. An ecosystem survives by a combination of energy flow and matter recycling. To understand the interconnectedness of the ecosystem‚ food webs and food chains could be observed. Each organism depends on each other to survive and maintain their populations. In the food
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Amazon In Need What do you think of when someone mentions the Amazon Rainforest to you? Some might say an exotic jungle full of some of the most unique plants and animals you have ever seen. Well this might surprise you but that exotic jungle you might be thinking of is getting cut down for multiple reasons at a shocking rate of 150 acres per hour. Well I’m personally here to say that cutting down this extraordinary gift of mother nature will in fact cause more harm than leaving
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WR 98: Intro to College Reading & Writing Outline for “All the Disappearing Islands” A. Paragraph 1: Introduction Julia Whitty writes about the amazing beauty of Tuvalu Islands B. Paragraphs 2-3: General Idea The general idea is the environmental and cultural impact of melting ice caps on the nation of Tuvalu. Global Warming could cause the sea to expand and rise faster than the corals could fortify themselves against it and Tuvalu could disappear beneath the waves. This not only risks
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