WALT: to know what a rainforest, in particular the Amazon... What is a Rainforest?forests animals Earth as the plants of the rainforest generate much of the Earth’s oxygen... “ Rain Fore
Trang 1WALT: to know what a rainforest, in particular the Amazon
Trang 2What is a Rainforest?
forests
animals
Earth as the plants of the rainforest generate much of the Earth’s oxygen
Trang 3“ Rain Forests”
forests that grow in constantly wet
conditions
forests that receive more than 2,000 mm
of rain evenly spread throughout the
year
Trang 4 A rainforest is often referred to as a jungle,
which is a Hindi word from India meaning a wilderness
through which people have to force and cut their way
mainly they are more open
Trang 5Tropical Rain Forests
equator, where temperatures and rainfall are very high all year round
regions between the Tropics of cancer and Capricorn
Trang 6Temperate Rainforests
rainforest has still not been fully
decided by scientists
winter/spring season, and a dry
foggy summer
daytime and night time temperatures
Trang 7Temperate and Tropical rainforest
Trang 8The Amazon Rainforest
Amazon
in the world
the US
found there
Trang 9explorers, after a tribe of fierce women called Amazons
many mysteries of the jungle
Trang 10Mysteries of the
Amazon
the Amazon?
and plants
Trang 11The Amazon River
which snakes
through this
rainforest, is the
largest river system
in the world
Trang 13 Hundreds of small streams join larger ones and
keep getting bigger until they join the Amazon
Trang 14 Well done, now you know what a rainforest is!
rainforests!