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13 Cards in this Set
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Name five kinds of food that were originally found in the rainforests.
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Chocolate, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, oranges, pineapple, bananas, corn, peanuts, chewing gum.
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Name the two kinds of Rain Forests.
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Temperate and tropical
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What fraction of the world's animals lives in the rainforest?
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Over half of the world's animals.
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What is the difference between the temperate and the tropical rainforest.
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Temperate are very cold
Tropical rainforests are very warm and humid year round. |
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Name a type of paper product that comes from trees.
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Paper towels
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What would happen to earth if there were no more rainforest trees?
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The earth would get too warm and there would be very serious changes in the weather.
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Name four countries where there are temperate rainforests.
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Canada, Chile, New Zealand, United States.
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What fraction of modern medicine comes from rainforest plants?
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One quarter of all our medicine comes from rainforest plants.
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Where can you find tropical rainforests?
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Near the equator in places like South Amercia, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
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How can rainforests help people who are sick?
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Rainforests contain special plants that can be turned into medicine.
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Rainforests provide indigenous pople with everything they need. Name four things that come from materials found in the rainforests.
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Houses, clothing, food, toys
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Name three animals that live in the rainforest.
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Jaguar, panther, tiger, African mountain gorilla, orangutan, three-toed sloth, poison arrow frog.
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What are the people that live in the rainforest known as?
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Indigenous people
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