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Tropical Rainforests Online Lessons

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Introduction to the Tropical Rainforest

Tropical Rainforests
For biologists, tropical rainforests are some of the richest, most exciting areas on earth.

Where are the Rainforests?
This page contains a map that shows the locations of the world's rainforests.
Tropical Rainforest Factsheet
Tropical rainforests are located in warm humid places around the world's equator. Average daily temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius.

Tropical Rainforests and Animals
This page contains an introduction to the tropical rainforest. It contains information that helps define the characteristics of a tropical rainforest.
What is a Tropical Rainforest?
First, as the name indicates, tropical rainforests are found in the tropics located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, between the latitudes of 23.5° N and 23.5° S.
Layers of a Rainforest
This page contains a coloured segmented diagram showing the four main layers of a tropical rainforest. A brief description including the nature of the layers and some of the plants and animals that commonly live there are also included.
Rainforest Layers
A Worksheet about the Layers of Rainforest.
Rainforest Layers
This text-based Web page includes more detailed information on the four layers of the tropical rainforest.

Animals of the Rainforest
The index page lists links to many rainforest animals organized under amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, and reptiles. Individual animal Web pages include at least one picture and information on habitat, diet, enemies and interesting facts.
Ranforest Plant Adaptations
This page contains descriptions of the adaptations tropical rainforest plants have to their environment.

People of the African Rainforest
Native People of Tropical Rainforests
Tropical rainforests are bustling with life. Not only do millions of species of plants and animals live in rainforests, but many people also call the rainforest their home.
People of the Rainforest
We often overlook the millions of people that live in the rainforests. Did you know that there are about 50,000,000 tribal people living in world's rainforests?

The Tropical Rainforest: Pharmacy of the World
The abundance of plants in the world's tropical rainforests have provided many of the chemicals that go into our medicines. Each day many lives are saved and illnesses cured because of the tropical rainforest plants. Since scientists have studied only one percent of all of the plants there, this is truly a remarkable contribution to our present well-being.
Importance of Tropical Rainforests
The tropical rainforests are important to the ecology of the planet and as a source of food, medicine and woood products.

Rainforest Facts: The Disappearing Rainforests
This page contains a bulleted list of facts on the destruction of the rainforest.

Climate of the Tropical Rainforest
This page describes the climate of a tropical rainforest region and presents examples of how that climate affects the growth of the forest.

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