Tropical Rainforest
Temperate Rainforest
By: Ryan and Jason Shin, and Henry
Ung
Physical Characteristics of
Tropical Rainforests
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Sun hits at a 90 degree angle.
Temperature - 22-34 C (72-93 F) all year long
Rainfall - 200 cm/80in a year
Cloud-covers keep forests moist despite “dry”
seasons.
Food Web of Tropical
Rainforest
Pythons
Crocodiles
Smaller
snakes
platypus
possums
Most fish
Plants/s
eeds
Insects
Jaugar
Chimpanz
ee
fruits
Feral dogs
Birds of
prey
larvaes
Human Impact on Tropical Rainforest
• Deforestation – logging, agriculture, and
mineral extraction.
• Soil without nutrients will not be able to
sustain for future crops.
• Eventually will erode away by consistent rain.
Physical Characteristics of
Temperate Rainforest
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Average Annual Temperature is 0 C
Warm Temperature is 20 C
Rainfall- 200cm a year
Temperature and Rainfall influenced by the
ocean.(Upper Cali to Southern Alaska)
• Along Northwestern coast of USA. Some in
New Zealand and Chile.
• Has Deciduous Trees.
Food Web of Temperate Rainforest
Plants
Mushrooms
Mosses
Grasses
Fruits
Water
Organisms
Mosquitoes
Seed Eating
Birds
Deers
Squirrels
Mice
Salmon
Frogs
InsectEating Birds
Owls
Raccoons
Weasles
Bears
Foxes
Mountain
Lion
Wolves
Human Impact of
Temperate Rainforest
• Deforestation – Agriculture, logging, Site
conversions, and Wildlife Manipulation
Sources
• http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/rai
nforest_ecology.html
• http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/temp
rain.htm