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By Linda Ruggieri Look inside a rain forest! It's a very special place. You'll see frogs, and birds, and monkeys And layers of green lace.
Look inside a rain forest! Where so many trees can grow. Just stop and look and listen, To the sights and sounds and show!.
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(Tune: Mary Had a
Little Lamb)
The rain forest has four layers, four layers, four layers. The rain forest has four layers, where trees and plants grow.
At the top is the emergent layer, emergent layer, emergent layer. At the top is the emergent layer, where birds and butterflies go.
Next is the canopy, canopy, canopy. Next is the canopy, where snakes and toucans go
Next is the understory, understory, understory, Next is the understory, where jaguars and leopards go.
At the bottom is the forest floor, forest floor, forest floor, At the bottom is the forest floor, where few animals will roam.
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| Rain Forest Vocabulary |
| adaptation | camouflage | canopy |
| carnivore | conservation | deforestation |
| emergent | equator | extinction |
| food chain | forest floor | habitat |
| herbivore | indigenous | omnivore |
| parasite | predator | prey |
| reforestation | resource | species |
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| Rain Forest Writing Activity |
| The Rainforest is... The Rainforest animals are... The Rainforest Products are... I need to take care of the Rainforest because... I can recycle... The .........live at the rainforest. If I live in the rainforest I...
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Rain Forest Facts
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A rain forest is dark
and shady. The largest rain forest is in Brazil. The weather in a rain forest is hot and rainy. Some rainforest monkeys are omnivores, eating both animals and plants. 1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants.
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Rain Forest Layers
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The Emergent Layer
In the emergent layer, giant trees stand above the rest of the rain forest. Eagles, monkeys, insect-eating bats, snakes, and butterflies live there. The tallest trees can grow as much as 200 feet above the forest floor with trunks that measure up to 16 feet around. Sunlight is plentiful up here.
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| The Canopy Layer
It is the main layer of the rain forest. Many animals live in this area since food is abundant. Many snakes, monkeys, sloths, bats, parrots, hummingbirds, toucan, and tree frogs. Most canopy trees have smooth, oval leaves that come to a point.
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| The Understory Layer
It is dark, and cool. The plants in this area seldom grow to 12 feet. Trees, bushes, and vines grow here. Many animals live here including jaguars, leopards, parakeets, and red-eyed tree frogs.
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The Rainforest Floor
Layer
It is very dark because sunlight cannot shine through the layers of trees and plants. Almost no plants grow in this layer. Large mammals such as giant anteaters, and tapirs live in here. Many insects live here including termites, cockroaches, beetles, centipedes, millipedes, scorpions, and earthworms.
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Strata
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 Rain Forest Animals |
| The Anaconda, the heaviest snake lives in the rainforest of South East Asia. Flying animals of Asian rainforests include frogs, squirrels and snakes. More than 2,000 different species of butterflies are found in the rainforest of South America.
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 Rain Forest Plants
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80% of the flowers in
the Australian rainforest are not found anywhere else in the world. Giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9 inches a day.
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Tropical Rainforest Products Source: Smithsonian Institution's Traveling Exhibition Service
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The common products
that came from the rainforest are:
Fruits: Avocado, Banana,Coconut,Grapefruit,Guava,Lemon, Lime, Mango, Orange, Papaya, Pineapple, Platain, Tangerine.
Spices: Allspice, Black Pepper, Chile, Cinnamon, Cloves, Ginger, Paprika, Vanilla
Other Foods: Brazil nuts, Chocolate, Coconut oil, Cola, Cucumbers, Heart of Palm, Okra, Peanuts, Peppers, Sugar Cane, Sweet Potatoes, Tapioca
Medicine: Muscle
relaxant (Curare) Malaria and pneumonia treatment (Quinine)
Oils: Perfume (Camphor, Bay, Eucalyptus, Guaiac, Patchouli , Rosewood, Sandalwood, Star Anise, Ylang-ylang Shampoo (Balsam of Tulu, Palm) Cough Drops (Balsam of Tulu , Eucalyptus, Star Anise Soap (Balsam of Tulu, Camphor) Cosmetics (Rosewood)
Gums: Chicle (chewing gum)
Insecticide: Tuba root,
Quassia
Woods: Rosewood, Balsa, Sandalwood (doors, doorframes, flooring,cabinetry, ressing drawers, drawing boards, salad bowls, toys, garden furniture, general construction)
House Plants
Fibers: Bamboo (furniture, baskets)
Resins: Rubber tree latex (crepe-soled shoes, rain boots, coats)
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Where are the
Rainforest?
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Rain Forest are
located near the equator in Asia, Australia, Central America, and South
America. The World's largest rain forest is in Brazil.
Rainforest Photos: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html
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Africa Rainforest |
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Asia Rainforest |
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Australia Rainforest |
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Central America Rainforest |
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South America Rainforest |
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| Rainforest Literature |
| The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry If I Ran the Rainforest by Bonnie Worth Lake of the Big Snake by Isaac Olayeye At Home in the Rainforest by Diane Willow Amazon Fever by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen When the Monkeys Came Back by Kristine L. Franklin Live in the Rainforest by Lucy Baker One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest by Jean C. George
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 What Can We Do to Help
Save the Tropical Rainforest
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Learn about tropical
rainforest. Learn about tropical rainforest plants. Learn about tropical rainforest animals. Learn about tropical rainforest people. Recycle aluminum cans. Recycle papers.
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Rainforest Art &
Craft
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Tropical Coloring Book
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Rainforest
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Rainforest Links
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Take a Walk in the Rainforest
Where are Tropical Rainforest?
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Find the Rainforest
animals!
