https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu Facts about rainforests en-us 2018-03-06 17:02:34 UTC 2023-03-04 07:29:06 UTC hello@padlet.com taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238745282 Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall. Tropical rainforests have an annual rainfall between 98 in. and 177 in.]]> 2018-03-06 17:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238745282 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238750123 only six percent of the earth's surface, yet they produce forty percent of earth's oxygen.]]> 2018-03-06 17:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238750123 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238751429 The four layers include emergent, upper canopy, understory, and forest floor.]]> 2018-03-06 17:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238751429 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238753020 More than 19 percent of the Amazon rainforests have been lost to deforestation since 1970. Biologists worry about the long-term consequences such as drought. Some rain forests, including the Amazon, began experiencing drought in the 1990s, possibly due to deforestation and global warming.]]> 2018-03-06 17:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238753020 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238772670 The rain forest is nearly self-watering. Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called transpiration. ]]> 2018-03-06 17:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238772670 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238797189 A small primate that lives in the rainforest. In fact, they’re ‘endemic‘ to the island of Madagascar, which means they aren’t found anywhere else!]]> 2018-03-06 18:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238797189 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238799191 Orangutans are members of the great ape family. They are found in the rainforests of the Southeast Asian islands Borneo and Sumatra. The name ‘orangutan’ means ‘man of the forest’ in the local language.]]> 2018-03-06 18:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238799191 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238800850 There are around 170 species of poison dart frog. Most of them have brightly-coloured skin, which warns potential predators that the frogs are poisonous. Some poison dart frogs, such as the golden poison frog, are among the world’s most poisonous animals!]]> 2018-03-06 18:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238800850 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238802514 Several tiger subspecies live in rainforest regions in Asia. Tigers are an endangered species, with some tiger subspecies being critically endangered.]]> 2018-03-06 18:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238802514 taylor_mitchell3 https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238805104 Tropical rainforests are usually found in South and Central America, West and Central Africa, Indonesia, parts of Southeast Asia, and tropical Australia. The climate in these regions have high humidity with no little to no variation.]]> 2018-03-06 18:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_mitchell3/4qtxp654uaxu/wish/238805104