The AmAzon rAinforesT By: Jake W.
Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………. 1 Movement ………………………………………………………………………… 2 Location
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Plant 1 and 2……………………………………………………………………... 4 Animal 1 and 2…………………………………………………………………... 5 Yanomami And Kyapo Tribes……………………………………………. 6 Climate………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Vocabulary Chart………………………………………………………………. 8
Introduction
You may be wondering what a rainforest is if so keep reading. A Rainforest is actually interesting the Dictionary term is: A tall Dense Jungle With lots of Rainfall and a Very Hot Climate. A short summary of the rainforest is a big Maze of Trees’ Leaves and Freaky looking plants. The distance of latitude and longitude is 75” W – 45” W and longitude is 10” S – 20” S.
Movement The People that travel deep in the rainforest will create paths that will allow jeeps and Dune Buggies To ride smoothly over the Surface floor. Also Mining is a big Important part in the rainforest Because they get a certain type of liquid that has poison inside and they throw it in the lakes and fish get stunned there gills do and they rise to the surface and are caught for food. They will also get around in the rainforest by canoes or Motor Boats.
LocATion
The Amazon rainforest is located in the unique continent of South America. The Hemispheres That Contain Parts Of The Amazon Are South eastern’ North Western And South Western. The Country’s That Contain Parts Of The Amazon Are: Brazil’ Ecuador’ Columbia’ French Guiana’ Guyana’ Suriname’ Peru’ Argentina’ Bolivia’ Paraguay And Uruguay.
WhiTe TriLLium The White Trillium At First Sight Looks Like A White spiral staircase With Three Leaves and three sepals And Three petals. By Chewing On The White Trillium it Shall Cure Fever And Ease Birth Pains Of Pregnant Women. Giant Water Lily The Giant Water Lily Is Used For Frogs to get there daily Insect Food. Also Is Used For Frogs to transport over water. Squirrel Monkey The Monkey Uses A Black And Pink Camouflage to hide from the predators like The Horned Owl From Pecking Them Out Of Their habitats such as: The Oak Tree Which is Located in the canopy Layer. The squirrel Monkey Eats The White Trillium and Deforestation Is Making All The Prey To Die So The squirrel Monkey is now Endangered. The Monkey Is Also An omnivore.
Bald Eagle The Bald eagle is An Omnivore and Has No Predators But Is a Noble because the eagle Doesn’t Have a natural habitat unless it has a baby and has to protect it from getting hurt. Also it Adapts to the environment around them but is unable to adapt to anything Below the canopy because it likes the sunlight and sees so much better in the sun
Yanomami
The yanomami tribe is a tribe that is extinct due to massacre, disease and deforestation. One time a man massacred a village of 83 people and left only 13 people alive. Miners discovered gold in the 1970,s in the yanomami territory. Feathers are important because in their culture it symbolizes the relationship of man and animals. Kyapo
The Kyapo is a special tribe because of their fearsome sharp weapons and aggressiveness against all unknown travelers. They live in central Brazil where they live in very few villages. They also have about 7000 people and they are an endangered tribe because they have to constantly keep moving because they live around the edges of brazil and the deforestation Is a huge problem for them. Climate The average climate of the rainforest is 82 Degrees. The Usual climate averaged is Wet and hot. Also the climate is a big part of the rainforest because if the climate was cold then all the animals would be forced to evacuate to different parts of South America. Also tons of Animals are starting to become nobles their habitats
Vocabulary Chart Adaptation
A characteristic that improves an individual’s The animal adapts to its ability to survive environment to help itself to survive
Camouflage
Blending into the background
The animals camouflage is hard to tell because they have the same skin pattern as the environment.
Habitat
Where the organism lives
The habitat of the angel fish is the water
predator
An organism that eats all or parts of an organism.
The predator is about to eat his prey
Prey
An organism that is eaten by another organism.
The prey is hiding from his predator.
Producer
Organisms used to give food to consumers and plants.
The producer is helping the environment.
Photosynthesis
The process by which plants 'algae and use sunlight and water to make food.
The lily pad is using photosynthesis
Decomposer
Bacteria that eat remains of organisms
The decomposer is very slowly eating the remains of a prairie dog
Organism
A living thing that has the ability to act or function independently
The squirrel monkey is an organism.
Herbivore
Organism that eats only plants
The sloth is an herbivore
Omnivore
An organism that eats plants and animals
The lion is an omnivore
Carnivore
An organism that eats animals
The Venus fly trap is a carnivore
Climate
The weather over a certain place over a certain period of time.
The climate is wet and hot in the rainforest
Deforestation
Clearing trees from an area without replacing them.
Deforestation is a huge problem in the rainforest.
Ecotourism
Tourism to exotic or threaten ecosystems to Dr. Jane uses ecotourism to observe wildlife spectate the animals
Culture
A particular society at a particular time.
Nomad
A member of people that move from place to Hobos are nomads place seasonally.
Indigenous
Poor enough to need help from others
The yamomami society
Hobos are indigenous
Conservation
The preservation and wise use of natural resources.
Food Web
Climate
Conservation is very helpful to the forest floor