What would happen if all trees in the mountains were cut?
If all of the trees in the forest were cut down it would cause an outbreak of Meniere's Disease which comes from the toxic found in most tree trunks cut down. When one tree is cut down, it only releases a small amount of this toxin which can't hurt you, but if they were all cut down it would cause an extreme outbreak. This disease swells up the lungs and causes welts to grow around the chest area. It will cause death because your lungs will keep swelling up and eventually become too large and kill you.
Sources: I am a biologist and science major
What US state could a person visit at a tropical rain forest in?
There are two areas of temperate rain forests in the USA:
What is the other name for equatorial rain-forest?
The Equatorial rainforest is, as the name suggests, a rain forest near the equator. The main areas covered by rainforests are: Central America; the Amazon Basin (in South America); Central Africa; Madagascar (much of this has now gone); Southern Asia; Australasia. This is shown on the map below.
Where is the headwaters of the Congo river?
The Chambeshi River in Zambia is generally taken as the source of the Congo in line with the accepted practice worldwide of using the longest tributary, as with the Nile River.
Why is Brazil removing their rainforests?
Many aspects should be take into consideration. The Country is developing itself and making same mistakes that other countries did in the past or still doing today, like USA, Russia or China, big aggressors of their own environment and our planet. Brazilian Government is incompetent to enforce its own policy's and fund resources to protect the forest. In the other hand, the industrialized countries in Europe as well as Japan and USA pay high price for noble timbers cut off from the forest, legally or not. Mining is also another destructive force in the rain forest, tons of gold are smuggled to Dubai and worldwide, multinational corporations are there after other minerals to produce aluminum. Poor neglected farmers need clear the land to grow crops and raise cattle. Wild life, fauna and flora has been systematically exploited because its value in scientific researches by developed countries around the world. Every one of us, aware or not, is somehow benefiting from the rain forest destruction, there is no exception here, we live in a globalized world. If you add greed, poverty, incompetence, corruption and hypocrisy in global scale you got your answer. (Tuna Stra)
Why does the government prohibit people from cutting down trees in the forest?
Government prohibited people from cutting down trees in the forest to prevent soil erosion and to protect nature.
Do tree kangaroos live in the amazon rainforest?
Yes. The tree kangaroo lives in most layers of the rainforest, sheltering in the trees. Its food source is leaves, fruit and young seedlings which it may get from either the trees or on the ground.
What human activities are destroying the amazon rainforest?
Humans! us! we are killing the rainforest's! for, firewood, clearing to build housing, and businesses. WE ARE KILLING THE RAINFOREST'S!
What layer of the rainforest do tocans live in?
They live mainly in the upper canopy of the rain forest.
What are 3 reason why rainforest are important?
1. rainforest are important because they provide us with medicine for oue illnesses
How do chimps adapt to the tropical rainforest?
People who live in the rainforests are named Indians, to survive in their however, they hunt animals for food, find a river or fresh rain water to drink, wash their dirty clothes in a nearby stream or river and use trees for shade ect: keykey xx
How are you destroying the Amazon?
people are cutting down trees so the animals are loosing their habitat...
Are there lily pads in the rainforest?
Yes! There are ponds in the rainforest's because it usually raining there that the rain makes ponds in deep holes and land I'm not sure if there are lakes, usually it doesn't rain until it makes a lake. There probably can be lakes in other rainforest's around the world. (Around the equator is usually where rainforest's are usually located, so it can be very warm.)
What invasive species are in a tropical rain forest?
Mistletoe,Broomrape, Thonningia Sanguinea,Rafflesia arnoldii
What is on the forest floor level of the rainforest?
there are many insects and animals.
a gorilla for example lives on the forest floor level.
What are the names of tropical rainforest tribes?
Ituri Rainforest (Africa)
Amazon Rainforest (South And Central America)
Harapan Rainforest (Asia)
For more info check out the Wikipedia article on tropical rainforests.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest
Animals that live in the Congo river?
animals that live int he congo river are the damions. damions are know as big ds and big strong hairy dudes
Can tree roots be killed after the tree is cut down?
Some trees actually possess the ability to germinate new saplings once the main trunk is cut or dies.
Not all trees regrow. Most conifers roots will die if cut down. Only trees with growth buds left on the stump will regrow.
How much plants are in the canopy layer of the rain forest?
There is a variety of fruits, nuts, insects, leaves, and nectar-bearing flowers for animals to eat. Plus, predators such as eagles can feed on the animals feeding on those food sources.
How many trees get cut down each day in the Amazon rainforest?
Since forever, but brazilians do it in a sustainable way, new trees are allowed to grow, that's why the forest is still there.
Different to what people did in other coutries. United States, for example, was covered by huge forests when the English came in, but they destroyed everything in less than 2 centuries.
What type of cat lives in the rain forest and what does it like to eat?
jaguars live in the rain forests of south America and likes to eat: birds, cows, red river hogs, spider monkeys, tapirs and other jungle wildlife