Rainforests

a webquest for Stage 3 students

 

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The plants of the rainforest

Rainforests are very important to the Earth's ecosytem.  The rainforests recycle and clean water.  The trees and plants also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in their roots, stems, leaves and branches.  They generate much of the Earth's oxygen.  Many of the plants from the rainforest are used for medicines by both people in the forest and hospitals throughout the world.                                                               

 

  Task 2:  Choose 3 plants or trees of the rainforest. 

  Describe each plant or tree and how it adapts to the     rainforest environment. 

Why is it important to the rainforest ecosystem?

 

 

Information can be found at the following sites:

All about Rainforests

Children's Tropical Forests

Rainforests

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