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WALT understand

what rainforests are and explain

the importance of the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon: Explore the World – physical features – ecosystems – rainforests – Amazon Rainforest

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How much do you already

know about rainforests?

LO: Recognise what a rainforest is and locate the world’s rainforests on a map.

Rainforests

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Rainforests have tall trees.More than half of the world’s plant and

animal species live in the world’s rainforests.

Many natural medicines are found in

rainforests.

Read the statements about rainforests and decide whether they are true or false.

True False

Rainforests are very cold and it can often snow.

Rainforests have very few animals

living in them.Rainforests have no people living in them.



Rainforests are found in places with a warm, wet climate. Using the map below to help you, discuss with a partner where you would find rainforests and what they are near/on.

Rainforests are

found on or near

the Equator.

Click again to see

the areas where

rainforests are

commonly found.

Equator



Here is a map to show where the world’s rainforests are found today.

Can you name the

continents on which rainforests are found?

Can you name any of the rainforests?

South America

Africa

Oceania

AsiaNorth America

Amazon Congo



Locate these rainforests on the map.

World rainforests

Amazon

Congo

Gunung Leuser

St Lucia


The Amazon Rainforest is the largest area of rainforest in the world. Where is it on the map?

Which continent is the Amazon Rainforest on?

LO: Explain the importance of the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon Rainforest

South America


Here are some facts about the Amazon. Can you sort them into true or false?

True False

The Amazon is found in South America.

The Amazon is found in Africa.

A fifth of the world’s oxygen is produced here by the plants. 30 million insect types can be found here.

Over half of the Amazon is found in Brazil.

The Amazon is the only rainforest with no rain.



emperor tamarin iguana

termites


Many different types of animals live

in the Amazon.

Can you name any of

them?

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One of the most famous

features of the Amazon

Rainforest flows through

it.

Can you name it?


The River Amazon

Why do you think the River Amazon is important?

• It supplies a vast

amount of land with water – important for

growing plants.

• It supplies people with

water.

• People use boats to get to places that would

otherwise be

inaccessible.

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The trees in the Amazon

Rainforest are very

important to people all over the world.

Can you explain why?


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• The trees of the Amazon absorb carbon dioxide and breathe out

oxygen. In fact, they produce 20% of all the world’s oxygen!

• The Amazon is the most biodiverse place on Earth.

• Scientists believe there are many more species of plants and animals to

discover. Clearing the forest would be ‘like destroying a book we

haven’t yet read’, they say.


The Amazon is also home to

people.

Look at the images and think about

what it might be like to live

there.


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The Amazon is one of the

few places on Earth where remote tribes

still live.

What do you think their lives

are like?


• They have often never had contact with the outside world.

• They have to survive on what they find in the forest.

• They hunt for their food and grow their own crops.

• They struggle to get around, due to the dense forest.

• They move around every few years to find fertile land.

• Children help from a very young age.


Did you know there is a city in the heart of the

Amazon Rainforest?

Manaus is a city surrounded by

the Amazon. It’s home to two

million people.


Why do you think Manaus is situated here?

• It was originally built using

money made from selling

rubber from rubber trees in the

forest.

• It is now home to factories

making things for the rest of

Brazil, including soap, mobile

phones, motorcycles and ships.


Look at the pictures and

describe what you can see in each one.

LO: Describe and explain the impact of the deforestation of the rainforests.


Deforestationinvolves the

cutting down of trees.

Decide whether the

following reasons are

for or against deforestation.


Once the trees are felled, they often

don’t grow back, due to the fragile

ecosystem of the rainforest.

The cleared land can be used to

farm cattle.

The wood from the trees is in high

demand around the world for

building, fuel and making into paper.

For

Against

The homes of indigenous people who

live there are being destroyed.

The cleared land can be used for

farming produce such as palm oil

and soya.

Wildlife are losing their homes.



Here are some of the reasons why deforestation

happens.

Can you think of ways you

could reduce it?

The cleared land can be

used to farm cattle.

The wood from the trees is

in high demand around

the world for building, fuel

and making into paper.

The cleared land can be

used for farming produce

such as palm oil and soya.

SolutionReason

Poor people are looking

for places to live and are

moving into the rainforest.


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