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1. What is causing the rainforests of 1. What is causing the rainforests of Africa to Disappear? Because the Africa to Disappear? Because the animal species are becoming extinct un animal species are becoming extinct un the rain forests. What percent of the the rain forests. What percent of the rainforests are already gone? 90%rainforests are already gone? 90%

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2. What is the name of the tribe 2. What is the name of the tribe that lives in the rainforest? that lives in the rainforest? Belgium colony of Congo. Belgium colony of Congo. Describe some of their customs. Describe some of their customs. They hunt and harvest wild They hunt and harvest wild rubberrubber

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• 3. Meat is easier to come by in the United States than in the rainforests. List all the different animals they get meat from. Elephants gorillas monkeys hippos and okapi

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• 4. List and describe four different animals. Elephants weigh 7,000 and 9,000 pounds. hippos enjoy living in rainforest wetlands. ants are afraid of pythons and other reptiles. estimated there are only 400 gorillas in the world

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5. One plant in the rainforest is used 5. One plant in the rainforest is used widely throughout the world; in fact you widely throughout the world; in fact you may have some of it in your house. may have some of it in your house. What is the name of the plant? Describe What is the name of the plant? Describe it. the oil palm tree because it accounts it. the oil palm tree because it accounts for roughly about 14% of all worlds for roughly about 14% of all worlds plant oil. plant oil.

6. What is the climate like in the rainforest? Average rainfall? 63 to 79 of rainfall a year Average temperature? The high temperature is around 80 degrees and the low is around 73 degrees

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7. List the countries that have 7. List the countries that have rainforests in them. Burundi rainforests in them. Burundi Cameroon central African Cameroon central African Republic cote d’Ivoire Congo Republic cote d’Ivoire Congo Brazzaville equatorial guinea Brazzaville equatorial guinea Gabon Ghana guinea Liberia Gabon Ghana guinea Liberia Nigeria Congo Kinshasa Rwanda Nigeria Congo Kinshasa Rwanda sierra Leo esierra Leo e

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8. What is the main reason the 8. What is the main reason the rainforests are being cut down? rainforests are being cut down? There are not enough resources. There are not enough resources.

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9. The African rainforest grows in the 9. The African rainforest grows in the Congo River basin. What large river Congo River basin. What large river runs through the basin? the Nile riverruns through the basin? the Nile river

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10.  List and describe three types of 10.  List and describe three types of vegetation found in the rainforest. oil vegetation found in the rainforest. oil palm mahogany and okuome there 3 palm mahogany and okuome there 3 important treesimportant trees