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    Rainforests February 18th‚ 2013 Mr. Zanardo AJ D’Orazio CGF 3M Grade 11 Rainforests are the oldest living ecosystems on earth. They only cover about 6% of the Earth surface but they contain more than half of the world’s animal and plant species. Rainforests are described as a tall but dense jungle. It is called a “rain” forest because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. There are two different types of rainforests Tropical and Temperate. A tropical rainforest is located

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    Tropical Rain Forest

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    Tropical Rain Forest 1. Biome’s place on earth Where is it (geographical distribution)? 1) Central America in the Amazon River basin. 2) Africa - Zaire basin‚ with a small area in West Africa; also eastern Madagascar. 3) Indo-Malaysia - west coast of India‚ Assam‚ Southeast Asia‚ New Guinea and Queensland‚ Australia. What are its abiotic factors? 1) Large amounts of rain during the rainy season‚ dense foliage‚ warm all year round. Also the rocks‚ soil‚ sunlight and temperature. What

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    Rainforest Destruction and Its Effect on the World By Jeremy Zahn Composition 1101-96 05/13/2008 Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………...…..2 Thesis: The demands of civilization have increased the need for more consumable commodities‚ even at the cost of destroying the very lungs of our planet. At the same time that our civilization prospers from these products‚ the local peoples of the rainforest suffer greatly. There is an even greater effect on the world as species

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    Deforestation of the Amazonian Rainforest Earth’s natural resources are what we are extracting from the earth. Industries‚ which excavate the earth’s resources‚ include forestry‚ oil extraction‚ and mining. Present-day society is based upon a vast consumption of non-replaceable minerals and fuels such as coal‚ oil and natural gasses. Other materials such as cotton‚ wool timber and produce‚ if utilized wisely can be replenished. Is the carbon dioxide level higher‚ due to massive

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    Amazon Rainforest

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    Rainforest Case Study: The Amazonian Rainforest Habitat types of the forest: Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Guyana‚ Bolivia‚ Suriname and French Guiana. The rainforest is made up of several different layers. These include: The emergent layer Most of these trees are broad-leaved‚ hardwood evergreens. There is a lot of sunlight here‚ these trees receive the most‚ and

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    The Amazon Rainforest

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    Amazon Rainforest in Brazil Location The Amazon Rainforest is located in South America‚ south of the Equator It covers 2.1 million square miles of land. The longitude and latitude of the Amazon rainforest is longitude = 71 degrees‚ 45’ and 55”W and latitude = 15 degrees 31’ and 05”S. Biotic Components Animals -- boa constrictor -- toucan -- poison dart frog Plants -- ferns -- algae -- rattan palms Abiotic Components The Amazon Rainforest has a rainy and dry season. The annual rainfall

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    Rainforest; a luxuriant‚ dense forest rich in biodiversity‚ found typically in tropical areas with constantly heavy rainfall. Why would someone want to kill the Amazon rainforest? Its full out life and nature. Trees that are sky high and waterfalls that flow into the lakes and rivers. The Amazon metaphorically is the lungs of our earth and its about to be ripped to bare ground. For what? So people can have more land for stores to make money. How important is it to protect the rainforest? In the

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    rainforest and grassland

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    Tropical Rain Forest and Tropical Grassland1 I. Objectives The following are the objectives of the study: 1. To describe the plant species composition of a tropical forest and tropical grassland found in Mt. Makiling; 2. To compare the diversity indices of the two sampling sites. 3. To identify the most dominant species and rarest species in each site. 4. To identify the disturbances acting on the two sampling sites. II. Methodology

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    The Borneo Rainforest

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    Catherine Romero Tropical Ecology PBA Mr. Mahrer (B-Band) THE BORNEO RAINFOREST The tropical rainforest is earth’s most complex biome in terms of both structure and species diversity. Tropical Rainforests can be found in South and Central America‚ Africa‚ Oceania (the islands around Australia)‚ and Asia (15).Tropical rainforests cover only about 7% of the Earth’s surface (13‚ )All Tropical Rainforests have similar characteristics including climate‚ precipitation‚ etc. They are located in a band

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    The tropical rainforest is a warm biome and ecosystem. An important tropical rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest. The latitude and longitude of the Amazon rainforest is 3.4653° S‚ 62.2159° W. The Amazon rainforest is very hot and moist. The average temperature of the tropical rainforest is 80°F. The average precipitation is 60 to 160 inches that is distributed evenly throughout the year. The tropical rainforest is suitable to many plant and animal life. It contains the most biodiversity

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