1. By: Lauren Bean Grade 6 social studies with Mr.Cuzzi

2. 1. What is causing the rainforests of Africa to Disappear? What percent of the rainforests are already gone? 90% of Africa’s rainforest is gone. People are cutting the trees down to sell.

3. 2. What is the name of the tribe that lives in the rainforest? Describe some of their customs. The tribe that lives in the rainforest is called the Baka. They hunt for food and believe that the rainforest is their parent that provides everything for them.

4. 3. Meat is easier to come by in the United States than in the rainforests. List all the different animals they get meat from. Monkey, hippos, elephants, and okapi

5. 4. List and describe four different animals GORILLAS-The best known of Africa's three gorilla species is the mountain gorilla, AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANTS- Their love of fruit and makes them very efficient. (spreading seeds throughout the forest.) PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS-The Pygmy Hippopotamus lives in the lowland and wet forests OKAPI- it is a shy vegetarian, feeding on fruit and leaves.

6. 5. One plant in the rainforest is used widely throughout the world; in fact you may have some of it in your house. What is the name of the plant? Describe it. MAHOGANY-Mahogany is one of the most commercially popular woods from the African rainforest

7. 6. What is the climate like in the rainforest? Average rainfall Temperature-80 degrees Rainfall-63 to 79 inches each year Climate- sunny and wet.

8. 7. List the countries that have rainforests in them. Burundi Cameroon Nigeria Congo Kinshasa Rwanda Sierra Leone Ghana Guinea Liberia Central African Republic Cote d’Ivoire Congo Brazzaville Equatorial Guinea Gabon

9. 8. What is the main reason the rainforests are being cut down? People cut down the rainforest because they like to sell wood to people all around the world.

10. 9. The African rainforest grows in the Congo River basin. What large river runs through the basin? The Congo River.

11. 10. List and describe three types of vegetation found in the rainforest OIL PALM A native of West and Central Africa, the oil palm accounts for roughly 14 percent of all the world's plant oils MAHOGANY Mahogany is one of the most commercially popular woods from the African rainforest. OKOUMÈ Found only in Central Africa, okoumÈ accounts for 90 percent of the trees logged in Gabon's rainforests