1. Welcome to the Rainforest

2. Slide 2 - Rainforest Facts
Rainforests are very warm, wet thick jungle areas.
Millions of plants and animals live in rainforests.
It rains almost every day in a rain forest.
They get over 100 ft. of rain each year.
The weather is hot.
There are no seasons in the rain
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3. Slide 3 - Rainforest Location
Tropical rainforests are found in countries that are in hot climates near the middle of the earth. This area around the middle of the earth is called the equator. It doesn’t freeze in tropical rainforests.
Green = Continents
Red = Rain Forest

4. Slide 4 - Rainforest Layers
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5. Slide 5 - Animals - Mammals
Ocelot
Vampire Bat
Sloth
Tapir
Howler Monkey
Aye Aye

6. Slide 6 - Rainforest Products
Many items that we eat and use everyday are from the rainforest. Rubber sugar medicine peanuts Bananas chocolate coffee pineapples

7. Slide 7 – Rainforest Destruction
Fact: miles of rainforest are destroyed every day.
Why are rainforests being destroyed?
Humans are the main cause of rainforest destruction or deforestation. Humans are cutting down rainforests for many reasons, including:
1. wood for both timber and wood for making fires;
2. agriculture for both small and large farms;
3. land for poor farmers who don't have anywhere else to live;
4. grazing land for cattle; and
5. road construction
The Amazon Rainforest could be gone by the year 2025.
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8. The End I hope you enjoyed learning about the rainforest.