Rainforests February 18th‚ 2013 Mr. Zanardo AJ D’Orazio CGF 3M Grade 11 Rainforests are the oldest living ecosystems on earth. They only cover about 6% of the Earth surface but they contain more than half of the world’s animal and plant species. Rainforests are described as a tall but dense jungle. It is called a “rain” forest because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. There are two different types of rainforests Tropical and Temperate. A tropical rainforest is located
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1. Madagascar periwinkle One of the medicinal plants I found very interesting in the Huntington Library’s herb garden was titled: Catharanthus roseus. Based on the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens’ website‚ it states that the plant’s common name is called: “Madagascar periwinkle”. Another common name for this plant‚ rosy periwinkle‚ derives from the fact that the plant is grown in a diversity of reds and pinks. In fact‚ this plant is native to the Madagascar Island‚ therefore it is named Madagascar periwinkle
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Madagascar is an island that is the fourth largest in the world. After Greenland‚ New Guinea and Borneo. A vast area of more than 585‚000 square kilometers‚ however it is an island that is certainly although large and small islands around the world will look like the biosphere or unique biodiversity. But Madagascar‚ which is separated from Africa about 165 million years ago‚ is a special case. Andrew‚ Blond‚ Anderson‚ Parkinsin. (2008).noted that the plants and animals around 90 percent of which
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Lemurs of Madagascar Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Lemurs of Madagascar 1. Madagascar biome is a tropical rain forest. The main characteristic of a tropical rain forest biome is the presence of Warm temperatures throughout the year. In a tropical rain forest biome‚ there are three layers. These layers include the top trees‚ followed by the canopy layer characterized by dens leaves hence low light penetration and the third layer are the ground layer. The ground layer lacks any vegetation owing to
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Period 2 4-11-12 They Should Be Saved Rainforests cover about six percent of the world. Millions of tribal people inhabit these rainforests. A little less than fifty percent of the world’s animals and insects live in the rainforests. Although rainforests seem so important‚ they are being destroyed at an alarming rate today. Humans should stop cutting down rainforests because destroying them causes plants and insects to become endangered and there is also a great supply of fruit and nut trees
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In this essay I will be comparing the economic and dietary differences between the countries of Brazil and Madagascar. Primarily‚ I will be looking at the similarities and differences between their food and culture. One food item in particular is common between these two countries‚ and that is rice. Rice is consumed throughout the day accompanied with a source of protein. Depending on the financial status of the family‚ this can either consist of some kind of meat and fish for upper-middle class
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The date is June 11‚ 1883‚ the start of a very important‚ yet widely unknown event in Madagascar’s history‚ the first Franco-Hova War. Ranavalona II‚ the Queen of Madagascar‚ stands among the other Merina people on Madagascar’s main east coast port‚ Tamatave‚ watching and waiting. Alert‚ she gazes over the saffire blue water and watches as the tiny speck along the horizon bounces up and down with the waves‚ as it slowly makes its way to the island. With anticipation in her blood and determination
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Reducing the Burden of Illness and Infectious Diseases to Improve Human Health Introduction Madagascar is a country consisting of 18‚040‚341 people. Unfortunately‚ seventy six percent of these people live underneath the poverty line. About fifty seven percent of the people are considered extremely poor. Maternal mortality is alarmingly high‚ with thousands of unnecessary maternal deaths each year occurring as result of pregnancy related causes (“Child Survival”). Out of one thousand children
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Identifying the Rainforest The Mt Keira rainforest is located in Wollongong‚ New South Wales in Australia. The Mt Keira rainforest is what we call a subtropical rainforest. There are four types of rainforest: Tropical‚ subtropical‚ warm-temperate and cool-temperate. Tropical rainforests have generally have a warmer climate than subtropical rainforests. Warm-temperate rainforest are slightly cooler than subtropical rainforests‚ and cool-temperate rainforests have very cool climates‚ i.e. Canada
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The Rainforest supports a largest number and greatly diverse variety of animals. Many plants and animals in the rainforest must adapt to survive the warm temperatures and a large amount of constant rainfall year around. Plants are important for the rain forest because they enable the survival of many other species. In fact‚ since plants must reach the sunlit areas they must adapt and wrap around trees in order to take nutrients and collect water when it rains. These plants also give rise to animals
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