Rainforest Biome by Devin Gorman https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H Group #5 5H en-us 2015-05-11 14:43:34 UTC 2025-12-01 01:00:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Locations https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60055479 Every continent but Antartica

]]> 2015-05-11 15:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60055479 https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60055896 2015-05-11 15:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60055896 Rainforest Qualities user_1412365842 https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60056172 Rainforests are very wet, humid places. Some get 260 inches a year!!!!! The yearly temperature range is 93 F to 68 F. Many thunderstorms start here because of the wetness and humidity. There areno season changes.

]]> 2015-05-11 15:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60056172 Food Web https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60056533 2015-05-11 15:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60056533 Interesting Facts! https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60057551 ~Rainforest used to cover 14% of the Earth's surface,

but due to deforestation now only covers around 6%

~About 2000 trees per minute are cut down

~An area of a rainforest the size of a football feild is being destroyed each second

~As many as 30 million species of plants and animals live in the tropical rainforest

~More then 20% of the worlds oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforest

~The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long 10 minutes to reach the ground

]]> 2015-05-11 15:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60057551 Natural Resources https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60217481 -Trees (wood)

-Avacodo (quacomola)

-Evcalyptus oil (cough drops)

-Gum (chicle latex)

-Mayonnaise (coconut oil)

]]> 2015-05-12 15:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60217481 Threats https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60218584 -Logging

-Poaching

-Burning

-Pollution

]]> 2015-05-12 15:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60218584 https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60276619 2015-05-12 22:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60276619 Animals of the Rainforest https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60366010 Rainforests hold millions of animals.

Millions of exotic creatures live in this

wet and wonderful place. Also, many endangered

species call the rainforest their home, including macaws,

capybaras and hornbills.

]]> 2015-05-13 15:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60366010 Plants of the Rainforest https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60366973 There are many kinds of plants that are in the

rainforest. Here are some...

Some House Plants grow in the rainforest.

Pitcher Plants are also one of the many. They eat

bugs by luring them into a hole.

The Venus Fly Trap eats and flies by luring them

with smells that attract the flies.

The Corpse Flower grows on limestone hills, located in the rainforest

]]> 2015-05-13 15:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60366973 Reasources https://padlet.com/devin_gorman/rainforest5H/wish/60508274 -A walk in the rainforest

-Tropical Rainforest

-biomes.tripod.com

-newsdesk.si.edu

-Wikipedia

-www.sciencekids.co.nz

-www.srl.caltech.edu

-primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk

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