Corinne

**[[image:colorful_birdie width="135" height="159"]]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 rainforest including cultures and tradition.==

**How does the destruction or abuse of the rainforest 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 forests have 20% of the worlds cancer treatments and only 20% of the plants have been analyzed for medicine.**
 * 2) The rain forests give off 60% of the world's oxygen, so if we cut them all down we will not have enough oxygen.
 * 3) The Yanomamo tribe lives in the Amazon rain forest in Asia.
 * 4) Permafrost contains dangerous gases that are escaping due to the oil pipelines in Alaska.
 * 5) In 1998 an accident took place that turned into a major environmental tragedy.
 * 6) Thermokarst is a landscape where many small pits are formed by the melting of permafrost.
 * 7) Curare Lianas is a plant used to treat kidney stones.
 * 8) The bleeding heart is a plant used to calm frayed nerves.
 * 9) Periwinkle is a plant used to fight off leukemia.
 * 10) The environment of the rain forest is wet and hot.

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