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Tropical Rainforest BY Jamilia Flowers 02/13/09. Information about the Tropical Rainforest Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The

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Page 1: Tropical Rainforest BY Jamilia Flowers 02/13/09. Information about the Tropical Rainforest Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The

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Page 2: Tropical Rainforest BY Jamilia Flowers 02/13/09. Information about the Tropical Rainforest Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The

Information about the Information about the Tropical RainforestTropical Rainforest

Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below 68 °F (20 °C); average humidity is between 77 and 88%; rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year. There is usually a brief season of less rain. In monsoonal areas, there is a real dry season. Almost all rain forests lie near the equator

Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world’s plants ands animals species live in tropical rainforests. Tropical Rainforest produce 40 percent of the Earth oxygen.

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Page 3: Tropical Rainforest BY Jamilia Flowers 02/13/09. Information about the Tropical Rainforest Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The

The Tropical Rainforest The Tropical Rainforest AnimalsAnimals

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Page 4: Tropical Rainforest BY Jamilia Flowers 02/13/09. Information about the Tropical Rainforest Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The

Tropical Rainforest FactsTropical Rainforest Facts

Rainforest belongs to the tropical wet Rainforest belongs to the tropical wet climate groupclimate group

Almost ¼ of the medicine we use Almost ¼ of the medicine we use comes from tropical rainforestcomes from tropical rainforest

All rainforest resemble each other in All rainforest resemble each other in some waysome way

It has more different types of trees It has more different types of trees than any place in the worldthan any place in the world

Rainfall is 100 inches a yearRainfall is 100 inches a year

Page 5: Tropical Rainforest BY Jamilia Flowers 02/13/09. Information about the Tropical Rainforest Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The

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You have learned some facts about the You have learned some facts about the Tropical Rainforest Tropical Rainforest