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Rainforests Introduction
Year 8 Geography- Topic 1 – Global Environments - 2011
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Rainforests
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Rainforests
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Rainforests
What is a
tropical
rainforest?
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Rainforests
Tropical rainforests
are forests that
grow in warm, wet
regions of Africa,
Central and South
America and
South-East Asia
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Rainforests
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Rainforests
A rainforest is a very important biome Rainforests support a wide range of living things including about 50% of the worlds known plant and animal species
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Rainforests
Rainforests cover about 6%* of the earths surface
*It used to be 14%
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Which Rainforest?
Rainforests
Tropical Temperate
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Tropical Rainforests
EQUATOR 0 degrees (Latitude)
TROPIC OF CANCER 23.5 degrees NORTH
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 23.5 degrees SOUTH
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Tropical Rainforests
Another name for a tropical rainforest is an Equatorial Rainforest? Why do you think that is so?
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Temperate Rainforests
EQUATOR 0 degrees (Latitude)
TROPIC OF CANCER 23.5 degrees NORTH
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 23.5 degrees SOUTH
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Where are Rainforests Found?
Rainforests
Tropical Temperate
South America Africa Asia
Australasia
Asia Australasia
North America South America
Check out the world map on pg 135