1.)Which statement correctly describes the conditions that most likely encouraged the biodiversity that exists today in the tropical forest? a tropical rain forest represents a closed system using insect or animal pollination in which species evolve independently of other ecosystems 2.) An examination of biodiversity in tropical rain forest indicates that this habitat occupies ____ of the earth’s surface and contains ______ of all plants and animals on earth. 7% 50% 3.) Tropical rain forests
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According to the article satellite images reflect that the Amazon rainforest is diminishing at an enormous rate. About 10‚000 square miles of this beautiful forest is being lost to pastures for grazing‚ soybean plantations‚ and illegal logging. Since the year before there has been a forty percent increase in the deforestation of the Amazon forest. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. They expect this horrible trend to only become worse. Some conclude that if the forest is not
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Rates of deforestation What do the miners want? South America is rich in natural resources and mining and minerals make up a large part of the region’s economy. Mining in the Amazon Rainforest has become more prevalent in the last two decades as mountain mineral deposits in the region have depleted. The Amazon holds vast mineral deposits and South American leaders‚ eager to set their countries on the path of development‚ have granted mining rights to thousands of acres of rainforest. What
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Rainforests February 18th‚ 2013 Mr. Zanardo AJ D’Orazio CGF 3M Grade 11 Rainforests are the oldest living ecosystems on earth. They only cover about 6% of the Earth surface but they contain more than half of the world’s animal and plant species. Rainforests are described as a tall but dense jungle. It is called a “rain” forest because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. There are two different types of rainforests Tropical and Temperate. A tropical rainforest is located
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fifteen percent in Africa. Tropical rainforests cover approximately 8% of the world’s land surface - an area of approximately 1.2 billion hectares - and yet contain over half of the earth’s species of animals and plants. The largest rainforest‚ the Amazon‚ is found in South America and spans nine nations (Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana and Suriname‚
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That is one of the reasons why I admire her the most‚ she was convinced that she was able to rebuild the forest to make it where it was before. I also admired her courageousness to step out and do the job even though she was on the death list in the Amazon. She knew what she was doing everyday was a possibility of her getting punished by the gunmen. There are not a lot of people in this world that would sacrifice their lives to do something to save God’s environment. Her last words were very meaningful
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Available from: <http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/genderbias.html> 15 22. Margulis‚ Sergio (2004) Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon. Washington D.C: The World Bank 23 24. William Jackson (2009) How Can We Save the Amazon Rainforest? [online]‚ 13 Dec. Available from<http://www.ehow.com/way_5377210_can-save-amazon-rainforest.html> [20 Dec 2010] 25
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Megan Jones Composition and Research Annotated Bibliography November 26‚ 2013 Introduction Fifty percent of all species live in rain forests. Already eighty percent of the world’s natural forests have been destroyed. In the amazon rain forest alone is where twenty percent of our oxygen is created. These are just some of the many reasons why deforestation has become such a large problem today. Almost fifty thousand species become extinct every year due to deforestation. Such extreme cutting has
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Name: Suleima Guzman Topic: Brazil I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Imagine yourself on a white sandy beach far away from all the books and term projects due this week or the next. Away from the crowded elevators‚ busy streets and crowded train rides. Now imagine yourself surrounded by thousands of people screaming and shouting out of joy‚ watching colorful floats pass you by. You find yourself moving along with the music playing and just can’t help yourself. This is just something you would
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Rainforest Destruction and Its Effect on the World By Jeremy Zahn Composition 1101-96 05/13/2008 Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………...…..2 Thesis: The demands of civilization have increased the need for more consumable commodities‚ even at the cost of destroying the very lungs of our planet. At the same time that our civilization prospers from these products‚ the local peoples of the rainforest suffer greatly. There is an even greater effect on the world as species
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