"Rain Forest at Night"
IntroductionIn this chapter, you learned about the climates and vegetation of East Asia and Southeast Asia. One type of climate and vegetation is tropical rain forest. Rain forest areas contain an enormous variety of plant and animal species. The tropical rain forest covering the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia holds about 3,000 species of trees and 2,000 species of orchids. Borneo’s many plants and animals, however, are threatened by deforestation due to illegal logging and the massive clearing of land for farming.
Destination Title: Virtual World: Rain Forest at Night
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Directions Start at the Virtual World: Rain Forest at Night site, part of National Geographic’s set of Web sites, and click on Explore to start the tour. (Your browser may take a few seconds to load the graphic.) Mouse over and click different parts of the graphic to find the following information. Make sure to use the “To Canopy” and “To Forest Floor” links to move the picture. Click on “Full Story and Photo” for facts and images about plants, animals, and people of the Borneo rainforest.
Use information gathered on your virtual tour of the Borneo rain forest to answer the following questions
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