<p> Rain Forests Web Quest</p><p>Go to: http://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm (main page)</p><p>Click “Rain tree’s Rainforest Facts”</p><p>1. What percentage of the Earth’s land did rainforests once cover and what percentage do they cover today. ______</p><p>2. How many acres of land is lost every second? ______</p><p>3. What kind of equipment do loggers use? ______</p><p>4. Five centuries ago how many Indians were living in the Amazon Rainforest and how many exist there today? ______</p><p>Click “Rainforest Information” 1. Click the box “Rainforests” and write the two types of rainforests, as well as the differences between them.</p><p>______</p><p>Go back to the main page and click “Plant Based Drugs and Medicines”</p><p>1. How many chemical substances are derived from plants? ______</p><p>2. Go down to the following table and list four plants and their clinical use. ______</p><p>3. On the table find the drug Betulinic acid and click it. Explain what it is supposed to do, if it has shown positive results and what tree it comes from. ______</p><p>Go back to the main page and scroll down to “Current Events – what’s happening now” Then click “Current Events and News Articles”  Next click the news article titles “New project to protect poverty stricken communities in CAR Rainforests”</p><p>1. Summarize, in your own words, the main theme of this article. </p><p>______</p><p> Next click the “Go Back” arrow.  On the left side of page click the box “New Game” then click “Next” 1. ______is the biggest threat to rainforests worldwide. (click “Next”) 2. Stop the ______by helping local people take ______. (click “Next”) 3. ______is often the first step to the ______of Rainforests. (click “Next”) 4. Click “Play” and see how well you do at this game. </p><p>Go back to the main page and scroll down to “Causes of rainforest destruction” </p><p>Click “Overall Causes of Deforestation” 1. List the eight direct causes of Deforestation.  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>2. Describe the image shown on the right side of the page – what is it showing us?</p><p>______</p><p>Go back to the main page “Causes of rainforest destruction”</p><p>Click on the second “Mining” title</p><p>1. Why are large mining companies being held responsible for serious social an environmental damage in the Brazilian Amazon? ______</p><p>Go back to the main page and scroll down to “Solutions to rainforest destruction”</p><p>Click “Sustainable Agriculture”</p><p>1. Define sustainability and then explain the importance of sustainable agriculture. ______</p><p>2. What is the Rainforest Alliance attempting to do for companies and consumers? Use examples from “Agriculture Program Mission” for more information. ______</p><p>(Write this section of Web quest on a separate piece of paper)</p><p>Go back to the main page and scroll down to “Indigenous People and Indian Tribes of the Rainforest”</p><p>1. Choose one of the tribes, as listed, and discuss: (a) Who they are and where do they live? (b) Briefly describe their culture, including how they live. (c) What are some of the issues facing their culture?</p><p>Go back to the main page and scroll down to “What can you do to help”</p><p>1. In a paragraph, discuss at least four ways that you can help protect the rainforests based on the information given from the web page.</p>