$Rain Forest Project$

By: Brock.t B1 4/8/11

The Amazon rainforest is located In South

America. It is located in the North, West; south, western hemisphere. The

Amazon is located in Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and in Ecuador.

1Its range is 47 longitude 2 latitude, 70 and 50, 77 and 6, 58 and 17 degrees.

YANOMAMI

For the yanomami there is little or no contact with outside people. The word Yanomami means being

human. In their culture the natural and spiritual world are unified as one. Nature must not be destroyed. They believe their fate is linked to the spirit world they die we do to. A shaman is their spiritual leader. They eat sweet potatoes sugar cane and

tobacco. They are a very native tribe that lives in the Amazon rainforest. There are only 20,000 indigenous Yanomami living today. They trade what other villages need badly. They get wives in return for the goods. We learned all of our information from nomads. We have many conservationists trying to save the rainforests. The Yanomami are all omnivores.

Deforestation and conservation

The rain forest is an amazing place because it has 50% of the world’s species of animals. We lose a chunk of the rainforest the size of Pennsylvania is lost every day. Scientists estimate that we have 2,000 cancer medicines we have not discovered. Chainsaws, axes, fires, bulldozers, acid rain all kill the rainforest. Conservationists have put forth great effort to save the forest as criminals destroy it.

Rain Forest levels

The emergent layer is the tallest layer in the Amazon

Rainforest. Only the tallest trees live up there. It is 200 feet high at the tallest! The trucks have a

circumference of 16 feet around! Eagles, monkeys, bats and Butterfly’s living at the very top. The next layer below the emergent layer is the layer. It is the primary

layer in the rainforest. Life is so abundant in the

canopy going through is like a never ending maze. Many animals live there because food is everywhere. Animals like snakes, toucans, and tree frogs. The next layer below is the understory layer. Unlike the other layers there is almost no plant life in this layer because almost no sunlight reaches this area. Plants may get to 12 feet tall at most. Many animals live in this area including jaguars, leopards, and red-eyed tree frogs there is a very large population of insects living in this layer. The next layer is the forest floor. There is almost no sunlight here. A leaf only takes 6 weeks to decompose when a normal climate would take a year to.

One of the many plants on the forest floor is the Venus fly trap. They have a large mouth that they use to trap insects. Their mouths are sensitive to bugs so when a bug lands on them they slam shut their mouths and start

digesting their meal. They are great for houses because they are great for eating flies and other bugs. The Venus fly trap blends in with the lush forest back ground this is called camouflage. The Venus fly trap is a producer in some months and a consumer in others. They are never

herbivores though.

RUBBER TREE

The rubber tree is a tall, wide tree with harvesting scares almost all the time. They live in the Amazon rainforest and are often harvested. It has been great for the natives and the traders. It greatly helped the natives with shoes and other items. It has brought up a great market for people to come and make a living. The habitat of the rubber tree is the bottom of the rainforest floor.

PIRAHNA

black eyes with big gills and large teeth. They live in the Amazon rainforest at the bottoms layer. Its can be eaten by an alligator. They mostly eat fish but mostly are harm

less to us. Piranhas are a key organisms in the river ecosystem .They have sharp teeth and live in packs they

are also very swift swimmers. The piranha is a carnivorous fish. The piranha’s adaptations are very

handy the fact that it is speedy with sharp teeth helps it survive a

lot better. The piranha has no

natural predator but can be eaten by an alligator.

Harpy eagles

The harpy eagles have long feathery wings a huge beak they

also have sharp eyes for spotting prey. They are very deadly carnivores. They live in the Amazon rainforest in the emergent layer. They preferred prey is small monkeys. Their large wings and beak help catch prey. They are in the consumer class. They are eaten only by decomposers when they are already dead. They live on foliage at the top of trees

There is a lot of ecotourism in the Amazon rainforest today many people enjoy the wild life there. The environment to the natives is their lifeline though there is contact with outsiders they still rely on the forest. They produce chocolate, rubber, and medicines from the rainforest. The Amazon is so wet that it rains every day in the rainforest. The average temperature in the rainforest is 79 degrees F. The average rainfall is 60-180 inches a year. The climate is tropical rain forest.

Deforestation has removed 54% of the rainforest. The rainforest makes up 20% of the worlds oxygen. The rainforest used to cover 14% of the worlds land now it only covers 6%. Our conservationists helping save the rainforest by replanting.

Baniwa

In the tribe there are only 150 villages alive today, there are 10-150 people in each. They are distributed into

93 villages and sites. Out of the 15,000 that live today 4,026 live in Brazil. Survey done in 2000. Their religion is like most rain forest religions it consists of many dances and rituals and they live in shamanism much like the Yanomami tribe. The elders are also leaders in the village. When boys turn 13 they start learning about nature. Many also live in Venezuela.

There are so many trees lost a day the rainforest will be lost in a matter of years. There are many ways you can help us like recycling. If you recycle paper than

less trees will be cut down. In 40 years the rainforest will completely die out. So are you going to help save

the Amazon rainforest?

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