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Tropical Rainforest
Todd Jackson and Brittni Jones
2nd Period
Ecology
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Climate
• Average temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit
• Temperature: NEVER DROPS BELOW 64 degrees Fahrenheit
– ( Because the plants are not adapted to frost)
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Location• CENTRAL AMERICA • THE AMAZON • AFRICA
• SOUTHERN ASIA • AUSTRALASIA
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Characteristics
• Rainforest covers less than 6%
• Produces 40% of worlds oxygen
• ¼ of the worlds medicine comes from the rainforest
• It Rains about 90 days a year
• Trees are 164 feet and tall
• Most diverse terrestrial Biome
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Seasons
• Winter: Warm and Rainy
• Summer: Warm and Rainy
• Fall: Warm and Rainy
• Spring: Warm and Rainy
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Soil Type
• Soil: is very nutrient poor
• Topsoil: only one to two inches deep
• Plants store their own nutrients
• Soil is infertile because it is 100 million years old and has taking a beating from the elements
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Species DiversityPlants
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Species Diversity Animals
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Food WebSun
Macaw
Rain-forestPlants
Sloth AnteaterJaguar
Bacteria
TermiteAnt
Red-eyedTree Frog
Scorpion
Kinkajou
Howler Monkey
Beetle
Decomposing Leaves
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Adaptations
• Sloth's: – covered in greenish algae– move very slow
• Trees:– Form buttresses to absorb nutrients– Roots must be shallow to absorb nutrients
• Attacking:– Have shape teeth, claws, and horns
• Butterflies:– Non poisonous butterflies mimic poisonous butterflies
Leroy Jackson
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Human Influences
• Deforestation: Humans needed space a wood
• Rainforest trees: cleared for farming, grazing, mining, and living space
• Many species are lost everyday
• Example:– A single tree can have as many as 43 species
of ants on it
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Medicine
• Most of the worlds medicine come from the rainforest plants
• 120 prescription drugs sold worldwide today are from rainforest plants
• Many of these plants are said to be the next cure for cancer
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Organizations/web site that help prevent deforestation
• Rainforest Alliance• Rainforest Action Network• Red Jellyfish:
– Donates money to replant trees
• Care2:– Informational web site to prevent species loss
and deforestation
• The Rainforest Site:– Donates money and time to save rainforest
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Work Cited
• http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html
• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Protection.shtml