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Bellwork: December 13 th Objective: Discuss the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest

Bellwork: December 13 th Objective: Discuss the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest. What is this picture?. Bellwork: December 13 th Objective: Discuss the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest. What is this picture?. Textbook page 234-235 Read the captions on page 234.

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Bellwork: December 13 th Objective: Discuss the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest

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  1. Bellwork: December 13thObjective: Discuss the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest • What is this picture?

  2. Bellwork: December 13thObjective: Discuss the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest • What is this picture?

  3. Textbook page 234-235Read the captions on page 234. Put your Notes page on your desk as well.

  4. Amazon River • Read page 232 – Major river systems • It’s the 2nd longest river in the world • It is the largest river system in the world • It has over 1,000 tributaries! • It contains 20% (1/5) of ALL THE FRESH RIVER WATER IN THE WORLD! • It drains the Amazon Basin…which also contains the Amazon Rain Forest.

  5. COME SEE LATIN AMERICA! THE AMAZON RAINFOREST Read page 235

  6. "The unsolved mysteries of the rain forest are formless and seductive. They draw us forward and stir strange apprehensions. In our hearts we hope we will never discover everything. We pray there will always be a world like this one. The rain forest in its richness is one of the last repositories of that timeless dream."E. O. Wilson, The Diversity of Life, 1992

  7. LOOKING THROUGH THE FOREST

  8. THE AMAZON IN THE MORNING MIST

  9. Benefits of the Amazon Rainforest • One half of the world’s species have a home in the rainforest. • (It contains the greatest variety of species on the planet.) • Rainforests produce about 1/3 of the world’s oxygen.

  10. Animals of the Rainforest • THIS IS AN 18 FOOT MILD MANNERED ANACONDA.

  11. Animals of the rainforest

  12. ANIMALS • The Collared Peccary is one of the most widespread of Amazon mammals. They live in large herds of up to 50 individuals, foraging for a variety of food including fruits, seeds, leaves and small animals.

  13. ANIMALS • THIS FELLA IS ONE OF THE LAZIEST OF ALL ANIMALS. • HE IS THE SLOWEST OF ALL LAND ANIMALS; MOVING AT 1/100TH A MILE PER HOUR!! • AND HE SLEEPS ¾ OF HIS LIFE!!

  14. ANIMALS: MONKEYS!! • THERE ARE MORE MONKEYS IN THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST THAN ANY- WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

  15. ANIMALS • THIS IS AN ANTEATER. • ITS NAME SAYS IT ALL. IT HAS NO JAW OR EVEN TEETH!!

  16. SPIDERS!! • USUALLY THESE GUYS ARE AS HARMLESS AS A BEE STING. BUT SOME OF THESE CATCH PREY LIKE BIRDS AND BATS.

  17. EWW!! LEECHES! • THIS LEECH IS 6’’ LONG BUT IS THE LARGEST SPECIES, REACHING UP TO 18’’. LEECHES HAVE A MEDICINE IN THEM THAT HELP RID BLOOD CLOTS THAT CAUSE HEART ATTACKS.

  18. FISH! • THIS IS A THORNY CATFISH. • WRONG CONTACT WITH THIS GUY COULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE PAIN!

  19. THE STRAWBERRY POISON DART FROG! • THE NAME COMES FROM THE WAY THE INDIANS USED THEM FOR AN INGREDIANT THAT THEY COATED THEIR DARTS IN THAT MADE LETHAL CONTACT ON THEIR PREY • HANDLE W/ EXTREME CARE!!

  20. Other benefits of rainforest 3. Some plants are used in creating medicines.

  21. Other benefits of the rainforest 4. Tourists travel to see the rain forest and spend money in local businesses and hotels.

  22. AN AMAZON CLASSROOM

  23. AMAZON CHILDREN

  24. Satellite View of Rainforest on September 6, 2000

  25. Satellite View of Rainforest on September 26, 2006

  26. Why so much deforestation?? Try to come up with at least 4 reasons for deforestation in the Amazon. • View video.

  27. Causes of Deforestation • Cattle ranching land! • Farm land! • For natural resources 3. – trees (paper and lumber), mining for gold and other minerals • Road construction and growing cities (urbanization!)

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