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The Rainforest

The Rainforest. It is also known as “earth’s largest pharmacy”, because over one quarter of our medicines have been discovered there. Around 40%-75% of biotic species are indigenous to the rainforest. They are responsible for 28% of earths oxygen turnover. Annual Rainfall= 68-78 inches

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The Rainforest

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  1. The Rainforest It is also known as “earth’s largest pharmacy”, because over one quarter of our medicines have been discovered there. Around 40%-75% of biotic species are indigenous to the rainforest. They are responsible for 28% of earths oxygen turnover.

  2. Annual Rainfall= 68-78 inches • For the tropical rainforest the temperature is roughly 83% • For temperate it is roughly 75 degrees

  3. Tropical Rainforest Temperate Rainforest

  4. Orangutan Chamelion • They have separate moving eyes and are recognized for their parrot like feet. • There are over 160 species of chameleons' • They are found in Spain, Africa, Asia, and some parts of the US. • They are among some of the most intelligent primates • Have unusually longer arms than any other primates • Natives to Malaysia and Indonesia • They use a variety of tools to make sleeping nest every night. Parrots • There are around 357 species of parrots • They are found in mostly the southern hemisphere, such as Australia and South America • They are usually brightly colored with a distinctivly curved beak

  5. Rafflesia Arnoldii • The largest living flower • Has a strong odor of decaying flesh (“Corpse Flower”) • They are found in Indonesia Orchids • These roots grow because of the lack of nutrients in the rainforest soil • They can grow as high as fifteen feet • They also have a very shallow root system because of the poor soil • One of the two largest families of flowering plants have nearly 26,000 species. • They are found in nearly every habitat apart from glaciers. • They are always in flux. Buttress Root Tree

  6. Clearing the rainforest is the largest environmental problem it faces • Farmers are destroying it to make room for their crops to grow • Also it is being cut down to make a big sell with it’s lumber

  7. A solution to stop the deforestation of the rainforest would be to find other places to plant crops without harming the environment • Also planting trees where destruction of the rainforest has already happened can help give it a push to rebuilding itself

  8. Bibliography Hendrick, Anne. "Animals of the Rainforest." Welcome to Space Radiation Lab, Caltech. Free Write, May- June 2005. Web. 01 Dec. 2011. <http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainf orest/Edit560s6/www/animals.html>. Sheilding, Beatrice. "The Rainforest." Stop -Global Warming- and Protect -Endangered Animals- Mizfee, June-July 1998. Web. 01 Dec. 2011. <http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive /home.faces?siteId=4>. Wilding, Deprice. "The Plants of the Rainforest." Welcome to Space Radiation Lab, Caltech. Nesha, Summer 2000. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainfor est/Edit560s6/www/plants.html>.

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