Tropical Rainforest

Carson D., Aaroon O., Cooper S.

Where is ecosystem located?

South America

North America

Central America

Australia

Europe

Describe the abiotic factors of your ecosystem 80 inches (200 cm) of rain a year

The air is moist

The rainforest is very humid

Temperatures range from 64 degrees F to 95 degrees F

The rainforest gets about 12 hours of sunlight every day

Producer: Bromeliad. How does your producer rely on other organisms in the Tropical Rainforest to survive?

The producer is the bromeliad

Gets nutrients from tadpole droppings

Nutrients from leftover (not eaten) poison dart frogs eggs

How do other organisms of your ecosystem rely on your producer to survive? Tree frog, snails, tiny crabs live inside the

bromeliad

The bromeliad is pollinated by nectar gathering birds

Bird monkey and bat droppings is full of fruit seeds and plant more bromeliads

Tree frogs lay their eggs in pools of water in the bromeliad

How do humans affect your ecosystem? People eat the bromeliad

People are working hard to prevent tropical rainforest from extinction

Poisoning animals and plants

Burning plants and trees

Choose one biotic or abiotic factor in your ecosystem & describe how a change in one of these could your ecosystem. Cut down all the Sapodilla trees

There would be no gum in the world because the bark is called “chicle” which makes gum chewy.

The Sapodilla tree is also a home to many small animals

Other interesting facts Rarely in some Tropical Rainforests you can find

pink dolphins

The Tropical Rainforest holds the record for the biggest flower, it’s in southeast Asia, measures three feet across and smells like rotting meat

The Amazon rain forest has been called the lungs of our planet because it produces about 20 percent of the worlds’ oxygen

Sources Used

Levy, Janey. Discovering Rain Forest. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 2008. Print.

Aspen-Baxter, Linda. Rain Forests. New York: Weigl Publishers , 2007. Print.

Allaby, Michael. Biomes Of The World. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 1999. Print. 

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