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**Directions:**
== **Please use the following readings to write ten facts on the rain forest. I would like facts that pertain to the following categories: medicine,** inhabitants of the rain forest (plants or animals), products produced from the rain forest and people that live or work in the rain forest including cultures and tradition. ==

**How does the destruction or abuse of the rain forest affect animals, plants or people?**

 * Use the following resources: The Great Kapok Tree (pg 364-377) and the three short stories. Please include pictures or videos in your findings**

**1) The rain forest stays steamy at 75 degrees - 80 degrees.** **2) Almost everything that falls to the forest floor is reused.** **4) The rain forests actually affects rainfall, which in turn affects climate around the world.** **5) Every second 1.5 acres of a rain forest are lost.** **6) Tropical rain forests are located between 22 degrees north and 22 degrees south of the equator.** **7) Many of the animals and plants in the rain forest are becoming threatened, and some are in danger of disappearing forever.** **8) Trees in the rain forest are like sponges. They draw water from the forest floor and send it back into the air as mists or clouds.** **9) The Amazon it self holds 20% of the earths freshwater supply.** **10) When rain forests are cut down, there's more carbon dioxide in the air.The amount of carbon dioxide has increased in the last 150 years. Many scientists believe that this increase in carbon dioxide has made the earths overall temperature warmer and the weather more extreme in many places.** **11) There is a tribe of indians called the Yanomami tribe that lives in the rain forests.** **12) Deforestation- the removal of trees from an ecosystem- is a serious problem allover the world today.** **13) Due to rising temperatures, animals and plants may die out or come extinct. Sea levels may rise and flooding may occur.** **14) The inner part of a small palm tree contains chemicals that help prevent pain. - #3** **15) A leaf of the cecropia is used in a tea to help treat diabetes. - #3** **16) Senna is made into a leaf tea, which is used for kidney ailments. - #3**
 * 3) Many medicines also come from rain forests, including 25% of the ingredients in todays cancer drugs .**


 * Tropical rain forests are located between 22 degrees north and 22 degrees south of the equator. It stays steamy at 75 degrees - 80 degrees. The rain forests actually affects rainfall, which in turn affects climate around the world. When rain forests are cut down, there's more carbon dioxide in the air. The amount of carbon dioxide has increased in the last 150 years. Many scientists believe that this increase in carbon dioxide has made the earths overall temperature warmer and the weather more extreme in many places. Due to rising temperatures, animals and plants may die out or come extinct. Sea levels may rise and flooding may occur.**
 * Trees in the rain forest are like sponges. Almost everything that falls to the forest floor is reused. They draw water from the forest floor and send it back into the air as mists or clouds. The Amazon it self holds 20% of the earths freshwater supply.** **More than 2,000 plants we can eat come from the rain forest. The rain forest produces a lot of products. Some products it produces are gum, corn, rice, and vanilla.** **Many medicines come** **from rain forest, including 25% of the ingredients in cancer drugs today. The inner part of a small palm tree contains chemicals that help prevent pain. A leaf of the cecropia is used in tea to help treat diabetes. Senna is made into a leaf tea, which is used for kidney ailments.**


 * Deforestation - the removal of trees from an ecosystem - is serious problem all over the world today. Every second 1.5 acres of a rain forest are lost.** **Many animals and plants in the rain forest are becoming threatened, and some are in danger of disappearing forever.**


 * There** **are a lot of animals that live in the rain forest, such as the capybara, the toucan, and the red-eyed tree frog.** **There is a tribe of Indians that live in the rain forest called the Yanomami tribe. The Yanomami tribe lives in villages of between 50 to 400 people. In this largely communal system, the entire village lives under a common roof called the shabono. Shabonos is an oval shape with an open ground measuring an average of 100 yards.**

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