Kassie

**[[image:sloth width="114" height="87" caption="the three toed sloth"]]Directions:**
==**Please use the following readings to write ten facts on the rainforest. I would like facts that pertain to the following categories: medicine,** inhabitants of the rainforest (plants or animals), products produced from the rainforest 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.**

**Sloths have short flat heads. They are the size of small dogs. They live in the canopy layer. Some sloths live in the same trees for years. **

 **General Rain Forest facts:**

**1. It rains 20 inches of rain each month**

**2. 17,000 acres of rain forest are destroyed in 3 hours**

**3. 50% of the earth's plants and animals live in the rain forest**

**4. 500 rain forest species become extinct after 5 days**

**5. A three-toed sloth moves 40 feet every 10 minutes**

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