Simply Environmetal Studies: Project on Rainforest

Introduction of The Project

This project is about Rainforests. This is in the standard of grade 5 students. I have given a reference in the reference page to the websites where I found the information included in this project. I am publishing this project with the intention of providing students with easy excess to the information they need on the topic.

Content

1. Introduction about “Rainforests”

2. Importance of rainforests.

3. Destruction of rainforests.

4. Strata of a rainforest.

5. Rainforest animals.

6. Endangered rainforest organisms.

7. Conclusion

8. Reference

Introduction of Rainforest

A Rainforest can be described as a tall, dense jungle. The reason it is called a "rain" forest is because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. The climate of a rain forest is very hot and humid so the animals and plants that exist there must learn to adapt to this climate. There are many rainforests all over the world, some bigger than others. They are all unique and have their own plants, insects, and animals.

Importance of Rainforest

1-They provide a habitat for plants and animals

2- Tropical forests regulate global and regional climate-systems by acting as heat and water pumps.

3- Prevention of Flooding, Soil Loss and Siltation

4- Rainforests are a vital source of medicines.

5- Rainforests also offer a bounty of foods.

Destruction of Rainforest

In the past 50 years much of the rainforest in Africa and Asia has been destroyed

- Many rainforests in Central and South America have been burnt down to make way for cattle farming

- Timber companies cut down huge trees such as mahogany and teak and sell them to other countries to make furniture.

The forests are cut down to make way for vast plantations where products such as bananas, palm oil, pineapple, sugar cane, tea and coffee are grown.

The rainforests have to be removed in order to extract minerals and metals such as diamonds, oil, and gold.

Strata of a Rainforest

"Strata" means "layers." Scientists divide rainforests into different strata for easy reference.

EMERGENTS: Giant trees that are much higher than the average canopy height. It houses many birds and insects.

CANOPY: The upper parts of the trees. This leafy environment is full of life in a tropical rainforest and includes: insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, and more.

UNDERSTORY: A dark, cool environment under the leaves but over the ground.

FOREST FLOOR: Teeming with animal life, especially insects. The largest animals in the rainforest generally live here.

Rainforest Animals

Emergents:- Scarlet Macaw

Canopy:- Howler Monkey

Understory:- Red-eyed Tree Frogs

Forest Floor:- Anteaters

Golden Lion Tamarin

The golden lion tamarin gets its name from its bright reddish orange pelage and the extra long hairs around the face ears which give it distinctive mane. These interesting animals are critically endangered, as are many of the forests in which they live are disappearing due to ever-expanding logging, agriculture, and industry. Unfortunately, the golden lion tamarin is in danger of vanishing with them.

Conclusion

In the past 50 years much of the rainforest in Africa and Asia has been destroyed. Large areas of rainforest are being cut down, often in order to remove just a few logs, and rainforest is being destroyed at double the rate of all previous estimates. Unfortunately this means that there is a very high rate of extinction, as the wildlife depending on the forest dies with it.