Lucía Estrada
P.7
2013
(Tropical Rainforest)
The best place after
Earth…
The newly-found planet Fôret Tropicale, is the best option for you and
your family, friends and relatives to live in. Discovered by the famous
astronaut Lucía, Fôret Tropicale offers the best for all human life. There
are many animals, not only to mention they are beautiful and exotic.
In no other place they can be found like the capuchin monkey and
the pacific tree frog. The climate is amazing, during the whole year it
gets between 35ª C and 25ª C. This is one of the reasons this planet is
paradise, during the whole year there is warm weather and during
the night it doesn’t get either hot or cold… two in one! The days last
22 hours and the year lasts 363 days. There is a lot of sunlight and rain
in this planet, about 125 to 660 cm of rainfall per year. In fact, Fôret
receives so much of it that plants grow up to be stronger and longer.
It is very humid since there is a lot of rain, humus covers most of the
floor due to decaying organisms. The soil is mostly not fertile but there
are parts in which it is. There is enough fruits growing in trees, so no
plantation would ever be needed. Fôret Tropicale, the best place
after Earth.
The Climate in depth
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As you have possibly noticed. Fôret Tropicale is in other
words a tropical rainforest. From the word “rainforest”
you can clearly know that it rains a lot. In day time the
climate ranges from 30 to 35 C. At nigh, the weather
drops. It is usually from 20 to 25 C. Sometimes, there will
be no rain but it will eventually come back. This, helps
drastically with the growth of plants and vegetation.
There is not really any seasonal change. It stays warm all
of the year and it also rains a lot most of the year.
Landforms:
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There are many rivers, flood plains and many mountains.
There is vegetation in mostly all of the landforms filling it
with a lot of green. Also, there are many valleys and
wetlands.
Food Web key:
Decomposers
Scavenger
Third Level Consumers
Second Level Consumers
First Level Consumers
Producers
Food Web
Biotic Factors:
Normal
Scientific
Humans
Homo Sapien
Flower from orange tree
Citrus Sinesis L. Osbeck
Orange Seeds
Citrus Sinesis
Mule Deer
Odocoileus Hemionus
Pacific Tree Frog
Pseudacris Regilla
Black Tipped Jackrabbit
Lepus Californicus
Western Whiptail
Aspidoscelis Tigris
Termites
Termitoidae
Verilion Waxcap Mushroom
Hygrocybe Miniata
King Vulture
Saroramphus Papa
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Sitta Canadensis
Pika
Ochotona
Ringtail
Lemur Catta
Coyote
Canis Latrans
Mountain Lion
Puma Concolor
Bobcat
Lynx Rufus
Symbiosis
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Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
The relationship between a Capuchin
monkey and flowering trees is considered
mutualism because monkeys feed on the
nectar from the trees. The pollen from the
tree gets on the monkey´s face and is
eventually transferred to other plants.
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symbiosis
Commensalism
In Fôret Tropicale, The relationship between
plants and frogs is considered commensalism
because frogs use plants as shelter and as a
water source but, the plants do not get either
benefited nor affected.
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symbiosis
Parasitism
The relationship between the Phorid fly and
the leaf-cutter is considered as parasitism
because when the leaf-cutters are collecting
leafs, the Phorid flies attack them and ley
eggs on the leaf-cutter ants heads. The flies
are the parasites and the leaf-cutters are the
hosts.
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Predator / prey relationships
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A bobcat preys on a Pine marten as a part of
their daily diets. Pine martens can climb high
up in trees and be very fast, in order to catch
them, bobcats must be very smart.
Predator / prey relationship
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A mountain lion preys on a black tipped jackrabbit as a
part of its diet since it is a very healthy meal and can be
found in the rainforest.
Predator/prey graph
The struggle…
Mountain lions, compete with humans for
territory and food. Humans knock many trees
down which means that the animals
mountain lions prey on, don’t have a home.
Mountain lions then, do not have as many
resources to eat nor to shelter within.
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Sources:
Info:
Strahler, Arthur N.. "Rainforest Biomes." blue planet biomes . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov 2013.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm.
"tropical rainforest." wikipedia. wikipedia, n.d. Web. 25 Nov 2013.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest>.
Baptise, Melissa. "Symbiosis." Melissa1234. weebly. Web. 25 Nov 2013.
<http://melissa1234.weebly.com/symbiosis.html>.
Pictures:
http://www.bigelow.org/edhab/images/food_web.jpg
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/walsh414/chelsaewalsh/capuchin-monkey-wallpaper--1080x960.jpg
http://syniq.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/AngryMountainLion.jpg
http://www.redcliffsdesertreserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Black-tailed-JackRabbit.jpg
http://nimbuseco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Deforestation-Amazon.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W90V87w3sr8/TNsGpcyhjQI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/8sY9md0zkSg/s1600/
bobcat_lying%255B1%255D.jpg
http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.7407967.6575/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg
http://cdn.orkin.com/images/flies/phorid-humpbacked-fly_187x187.jpg
http://www.desktopas.com/files/2013/07/tropical-rainforest-unique-frog-wallpaper-640-x480.jpg
http://www.fredhoogervorst.com/oni.app/local/upload/02936.jpg
http://www.rainseason.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Temperate-Rainforest-FoodWeb1.jpg