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Minerals

Minerals such as precious Topaz
metals and stones are Ruby
found under rain forests
in many parts of the
world. Mining, or digging
for, minerals means that
large areas of ancient
rain forest are cut down.
Gold Emerald Diamond

Pineapple
This juicy fruit grows in
the rain forest understory.
Food
Grapes A lot of the foods that
Bunches of wild grapes grow in
forest canopies all over the world we eat today grow wild
and provide a feast for birds. in forests. Farmers also grow
Bananas these foods in large amounts
There are over 50
types of bananas in fields and orchards to
that grow in tropical supply our supermarkets.
forests. Other types
are also grown in
over 150 countries
for humans to eat.

Tomatoes
Really a fruit and not a
vegetable, the tomato
originally came from
South America.

Mushrooms
Some forest-floor
mushrooms are
delicious, but
others are deadly.

Cacao beans
All chocolate starts
its life in a rain forest
as a cacao bean.

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