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JulieAnna M. Whiting
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We Will Explore... Location Animals Tribes Past/ Present/ Future Size Forest Provision
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Amazon and other Rainforests Amazon
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Levels of the Rainforest Overstory Understory Forest Floor True Canopy Shrub Layer 150 ft 115 ft 65 ft 0 ft 25 ft
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Animal Kingdom Insects/ Fish Mammals Birds Reptiles
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Insects & Fish
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Mammals
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Birds
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Reptiles
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Tribes Yanomami Caboclos Witoto Manioc Kayapo MestizosMestizos: European and indigenous ancestors
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Lifestyles Agriculture Oil fields Warriors Ritual/ Spiritual Hunter/ Gathers
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What’s Happening to the Forest? The Rainforest covers the earth’s land surface: Past: 14% Present: 6% Future: in less than 40 years 0% could be remaining 1500’s ~ 10,000,000 Indians Now ~ less than 200,000
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What Will be Effected? 25% of Western Medicine +20% of the world oxygen +80% of the developed world's diet originated in the tropical rainforest
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Size & Location of the Amazon Different animals living in the Forest Amazon Tribes & their culture What’s happening to the Forest What might happen to the Amazon People’s gain from the Rainforest Looking Back
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References Forrest Images Location of Forests Electric Eel Piranha Julia Butterfly Morpho Butterfly Jaguar Ocelot Medicine Sloth Spider Monkey Howler Monkey Quetzal Tinamous Ovenbird Puff Birds Xenops Fruits
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... More References Anaconda Caiman Iguanas Poison Arrow Frog Amazon Map Mestizos Tribal Boy Father-son Grasshopper Tribal Village Warriors Hunters Soybeans Children Rainforest Facts Levels Animal Kingdom
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Is the Rainforest really dieing? YesNo 57
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Class Answer Percentages
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