Essential Question Why are there more animals and plants in the rainforest?

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Rainforest by Chandra Steele

Rainforest What is the rainforest?  The world oldest living ecosystem  Two Types 1. Tropical 2. Temperate  Lush and Wet, due to an annual of rainfall inches  Beneficial to the environment  Home to over half of the earth’s plants and animals  Endangered Tropical Rainforests Temperate Rainforests

Importance  Self-Recycling  Variety of plants, animal and people  Help control world’s climate  Plant derived medicines  Food  Old Growth Forests Timber Oil Beef Harmful but Important

Life Plants People Animals

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