The Amazon Rainforest
By: Logan Y. Block 5
Have you ever been to the rainforest? Have you ever wondered what is in the rainforest? If you have never been to the rainforest or you want to know what is in the rainforest then read this. What is the rainforest? The rainforest is a place that is full of animals, reptiles, plants, and insects. The climate of the rainforest is about 79 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
LOCATION/REGION The rainforest is located in South America. It is in the northwest and southwest hemisphere. The latitude is 0 and 15 degrees south. The longitude is 45 and 75 degrees west. The countries that contain parts of the Amazon rainforest are Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and French Guiana.
Movement/Human Environment Interaction People get around in the rainforest by boat, feet, roads made in the forest, and exchanging goods. People affect the rainforest by deforestation, pollution, littering, and ecotourism. How the rainforest affects humans toxins, and pollution. How we use plants in the rainforest we use them to make medicine, wood, food, and oxygen.
We use this plant to make medicine. This is the type of plant we need to conserve.
Place The climate can be warm and humid. The average temperature is 79 degrees Fahrenheit. They usually get about 100” of rain. The climate zone is hot and humid.
The Yanomami tribe has their own culture they live in huts made out of bamboo and grass. They live in small groups of about 75 people. They are grouped by families in a large communal dwelling. They use herbs to make medicine when one of them gets hurt. They do not believe in death.
The kayapo tribe they live in huts. They are grouped together tight. Their huts are made out of grass and bamboo. They use animal parts to do what they need to do with them. They pluck parrots and use their feathers to make headbands. They have lip plates. These people are indigenous.
Animal 1 Marmoset monkey is small, brown, white, long tail. Its habitat, where it lives, is in the canopy layer. Its predators are a leopard and boa constrictors. Its prey is berries, fruit it is also an herbivore. Its adaptations are to sleep high in the trees so it won’t be eaten by a carnivore or an omnivore. It has good camouflage and it blends in good up in the trees. It is hard to be seen in all the foliage. It is an organism’s species it is one monkey of it. The marmoset monkey is a nomadic it goes everywhere to get food.
Animal 2
A macaw is a colorful bird it comes in many colors. It lives in the canopy part of the rainforest. Its predator is a falcon. It is an herbivore so it likes to eat fruit, berries, and cocoa. Adaptations are for it to live in the trees so it is hard for it to be seen in its nest up in the foliage.
Plant 1 A Venus fly trap is green, Spiky, red, and eats bugs. It Lives in the forest floor. It has no predators. It gets rid of bugs for people.
Plant 2 A bromeliad is green, pink, and spiky. It lives in the rainforest
floor. Its predators are a monkey. It gets rid of bugs for people.
Food Web
Layers Of The Rainforest
This is the layers of the rainforest. In each of the layers you will find all kinds of animals. The canopy is where the monkeys and birds live. In the forest floor you will find the producers and the photosynthesis
Conclusion We need to save the rainforest. We can all take a part. We need oxygen 20% of our oxygen comes from the rainforest. There was 14% of rainforest now there is only 6% left. If we cut down all of the rainforest we could die. Most of the animals that live their will become extinct even the decomposers will die. So let’s all go make a change what do you say?
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