what's the difference between a forest and a jungle?
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Climate, species of inhabitants, and ground cover.  Jungles are most of the time relatively "shorter" as far as overall height.  The ground cover in the jungle is much denser as opposed to the forest.  Jungles need warm, moist climates to thrive, whereas forests can grow just about everywhere else.
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Which Tropical Rainforest?  There is more than 1 you know.
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High quality paper products derived from rain forest trees,\nHigh quality furniture products derived from rain forest trees,\nHigh quality guided hunting trips into the Amazon Rainforest,\nLow cost real estate in the rain forest(buyer must cut own trees.)
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The arrangement of plants in the tropical rain forest is a result of the different needs of the various plants.  Plants that need a lot of sun will grow tall and form the top canopy.  Plants that prefer shade will stay in the darker shadows close to the ground.  There will be plants, usually vine-like, that hang from the tall trees for support and grow in the middle because that's where there is space for them to spread out.  It can get more complicated than this, of course, and the different adaptations made by the various plants are very exotic and interesting.  You should study about them!
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Climate is more of a long-term, permanent state. For example, a rain forest climate would be wet and warm year-round. Weather is constantly changing; weather includes temporary states like rain or cloudiness. Weather is affected by winds, temperature and humidity.
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http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5479/
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Effects of deforestation.\n\nthis can be a local problem with global consequences.\n\ncan be biology and chemsitry (maybe physics as well, heat flows etc.)
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B.  Tropical rain Forest.\n\nTemperate is north and south of subtropical/tropical.\n\nBoreal forest is coniferous forests.\n\nTundra is what you'd find near the arctic circle.
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Slash and burn allows people to take temporary profit from the rainforest but at the sacrifice of thousands of years of evolution and natural development.  There have probably been hundreds of cures for cancer that will never have a chance because those species that had it are gone.\n\nGoing, going, gone.\n\nIf the rich of the world would help the poor they wouldn't need to slash and burn the forests.
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lush vegetation, humid air, rains a lot/ high rainfall, great variety of animals + plants, has different levels (emergent, canopy, understory and forest floor)\n\nhere's a website with a lot of info on rainforests\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest\n\nhope it helps :)
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temperate or deciduous forest- forest or mountain environment
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There's entirely too much information available on this subject.  I suggest you start with a simple internet search with using words or phrases like 'tropical deforestation issues' or 'impact of tropical deforestation'.  There's a ton of info to find.  Also try your local library.  I'm sure there are tons of magazine and journal articles written on the subject.
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Try this.....\n\nhttp://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/Asia/Malaysia/
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They are both wrong, a temperate rain forest is one that is not located within the 46 degree zone of the equator, they are located by large bodies of water that keep their temperature moderate and have 100 or more inches of rain a year. i.e. the temperate rain forests of Washington state.\nThe second guy is kind of right.
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This will depend on the species involved and the size of the forest disturbed. Some species only require a small area in which to find the resources they require to survive, for example, small skink lizards that catch flies for a living. However, it depends on the dispersal abilities of the species, with our lizard example it may not be able to disperse far enough to reach unmodified habitat to find sufficient resources whereas large mobile species like kangaroos will have less problem covering the required distance.\nIf the remaining forest is fragmented this will limit the number of animals it is able to support (diminished resources) from surrounding cleared forests. Overall the species richness will be depleted, with generalist species dominating because they can more easily take advantage of a number of food resources if some are lacking due to the clearing, for example, if a nectivorous bird species is also able to feed on insects if its food plants are absent.\nCheers.
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1. Remember trees need carbon dioxide and turn them to oxygen? less trees means more carbon dioxide... which means global warming (CO2 is also called the greenhouse gas.)\n2. Trees need water... less trees means more water flowing down when it rains. also, soil erosion is an issue.
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EMERGENTS\nThe emergents consist of the tops of the tallest trees, which are much higher than the average canopy height (ranging up to 270 feet or 81 m). It houses many birds (like the scarlet macaw), insects, and more. \n\n\nCANOPY\nThe canopy is the name given to the upper parts of the trees (about 65 to 130 feet or 20 to 40 m tall). This leafy environment is full of life: insects, arachnids, many birds (like the keel-billed toucan, the scarlet macaw, the cuckoo, and the hornbill), mammals (like the howler monkey, which is the second-loudest animal in the world, and the orangutan), reptiles (like snakes and lizards), and others. Plants in the canopy include thick, snake-like vines and epiphytes ("air plants") like mosses, lichens, and orchids (which grow on trees). \n\n\nUNDERSTORY\nThe understory is a dark, cool environment that is under the leaves but over the ground. Most of the understory of a rainforest has so little light that plant growth is limited. There are short, leafy, mostly non-flowering shrubs, small trees, ferns, and vines (lianas) that have adapted to filtered light and poor soil. Some of these plants include ferns, palms, philodendrons, and heliconias. Animals in the understory include insects (like beetles and bees), arachnids, snakes, lizards, and small mammals (like the kinkajou) that live on and in tree bark. Some birds (like antbirds) live and nest within tree recesses and eat the abundant insects. Some larger animals, like jaguars, spend a lot of time on branches in the understory, surveying the area, looking for prey. \n\n\nFOREST FLOOR\nThe floor of the forest is teeming with animal life, especially insects and arachnids (like tarantulas). The largest animals in the rainforest generally live here, including gorillas, anteaters, wild boars, tapirs, jaguars, and people.