Tropical
Rainforest
Carson D., Aaroon O., Cooper S.
Where is ecosystem located?
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South America
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North America
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Central America
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Australia
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Europe
Describe the abiotic factors of
your ecosystem
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80 inches (200 cm) of rain a year
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The air is moist
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The rainforest is very humid
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Temperatures range from 64 degrees F to 95 degrees F
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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?
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The producer is the bromeliad
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Gets nutrients from tadpole droppings
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Nutrients from leftover (not eaten) poison dart frogs
eggs
How do other organisms of your
ecosystem rely on your producer to
survive?
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Tree frog, snails, tiny crabs live inside the bromeliad
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The bromeliad is pollinated by nectar gathering birds
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Bird monkey and bat droppings is full of fruit seeds and
plant more bromeliads
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Tree frogs lay their eggs in pools of water in the
bromeliad
How do humans affect your
ecosystem?
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People eat the bromeliad
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People are working hard to prevent tropical rainforest
from extinction
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Poisoning animals and plants
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Burning plants and trees
Choose one biotic or abiotic factor
in your ecosystem & describe how a
change in one of these could your
ecosystem.
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Cut down all the Sapodilla trees
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There would be no gum in the world because the bark is
called “chicle” which makes gum chewy.
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The Sapodilla tree is also a home to many small animals
Other interesting facts
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Rarely in some Tropical Rainforests you can find pink
dolphins
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The Tropical Rainforest holds the record for the biggest
flower, it’s in southeast Asia, measures three feet across
and smells like rotting meat
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The Amazon rain forest has been called the lungs of our
planet because it produces about 20 percent of the
worlds’ oxygen
Sources Used
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Levy, Janey. Discovering Rain Forest. New York: The Rosen
Publishing Group, 2008. Print.
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Aspen-Baxter, Linda. Rain Forests. New York: Weigl Publishers ,
2007. Print.
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Allaby, Michael. Biomes Of The World. Danbury, CT: Grolier
Educational, 1999. Print.
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