Vocabulary
Fact and Opinion
Comprehension
Detail or Generalization
Graphic Organizer
100
Organization that helps
What is a charity?
100
The future of the rain forests is important to everyone.
What is an opinion?
100
Deciduous trees grow here.
What is a cloud rain forest?
100
Digging quarries produces a lot of waste materials.
What is a detail?
100
What can you conclude from the map on page 95?
There are only a few temperate rain forests between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer. There are many tropical rain forests near the equator.
200
wearing away of soil
What is erosion?
200
Scientists are discovering many useful rain forest plants.
What is a fact?
200
These rain forests grow farther from the equator.
What are temperate rain forests?
200
The plants in a rain forest soak up most of the rainwater.
What is a detail?
200
What fact does the graphic on page 97 support?
What is the rain forest is like a huge sponge? The graphic shows how the tree takes up and loses water.
300
commercial or business
What is industrial?
300
We can help protect rain forests by supporting certain charities.
What is a fact?
300
This type of rain forest grows neat the equator.
What is a tropical rain forest?
300
Most hardwood from rain forests is exported.
What is a generalization?
300
The two diagrams on page 101 support what information?
What is the erosion of soil after the trees are cut or burned?
400
disappears
What is evaporates?
400
Temperate rain forests grow further from the equator, where the climate is cooler.
What is a fact?
400
This is the main reason for clearing rainforests in Asia and Africa.
What is logging for timber?
400
Crops such as bananas and rice came first from the tropics.
What is a detail?
400
What does the photo on the bottom of page 105 show?
What is children in Uganda, Africa growing new trees to plant in a rain forest?
500
sent off
What is exported?
500
We should worry because forests are important.
What is an opinion?
500
Coffee, bananas and rubber are considered this.
What are cash crops?
500
Most rain forests are being destroyed by industry.
What is a generalization?
500
Look at the bottom photo on page 100. How do you think the climate has changed because of the clearing of the rain forest? Must list 4 changes
Soil erosion Less rain Droughts Unreliable rainfall Mud clogs up streams Aquatic plants and animals die
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