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PANDILAND
Tropical Rain Forest
Andrea Puente
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Producers
Bannana Tree
Coconut tree
Bamboo
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Decomposers
Slime Mold
Giant Millipede
Jelly Fungus
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First Level Consumers
Insects
Parrots
Monkeys
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Second Level Consumers
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Iguana
Fruit Bats
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Tertiary Consumers
Python
Jaguar
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Top Level Consumers
Humans
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Day Lenght: 25 Hours
Year Length: 300 Days
Precipitation:
250-450 cm/year
Biome
Temperature Range:
Between 20˚-34˚C
Soil is usually wet
because of rain. This
soil
creates
thin
humus
which
includes
rich
nutrients.
Tropical Rainforests recieve almost 12
hours of sunlight every day. Since there is a
lot of sunlight, plenty of the energy is stored
in plants that are eaten by animals.
Tropical rainforests are found in lownland
regions. The types of landforms included in
this ecosystem are mountains, wetlands,
rivers and valleys.
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(Graph)
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Competition is an interaction between
organisms
to
survive
in
their
ecosystem. This includes limited supply
of at least one resource like food, water
or territory. Organisms compete for
survival.
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One example of competition in the
ecosystem is an iguana and a Red-eye
tree frog competing for insects. They
both prey on insects and have to feed
themselves in order to survive.
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Predator/Prey
The red-eye tree frog forms part of the second level
consumers and preys on insects which are from the
first level consumers. Still, insects being a much
bigger population than the red-eye tree frogs.
(Graph)
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Predator/Prey
The Jaguar, one of the most powerful organisms in
our biome which is in the tertiary consumers level
only below humans, preys on monkeys, forming part
of the first level consumers.
Population
Monkeys
Jaguars
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Mutualism
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Mutualism is a symbiotic interaction
between two different species that is
mutually beneficial to one another.
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In our tropical Rainforest biome, a
relationship between Ants and Jelly
fungus
is
considered
mutualism
because ants actively create fungus and
in return the fungus provides nutrients
for the ants.
Commensalism
Commensalism is the relationship between two
organisms where one organism benefits without
affecting the other.
The relationship between a frog and a coconut
tree would be considered commensalism because
the frog shelters in the tree but the tree is given
no harm.
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+ Parasitism
Parasitism is a non-mutual relationship between two
organisms which are from two kinds of species where
one organism, the paraside benefits in the expense of
the other organism, the host. The host usually gets
harmed, in some cases killed.
In our tropical rainforest the relationship between
humans and mosquitos is considered Parasitism in
which humans are the host for mosquitos which are the
parasite because mosquitos feed on blood and often
times we get small mosquito bites. (Harm)
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Food Web&
Scientific Names
Top Level Consumers
Humans
Third Level Consumers
Python (Python regius)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Second Level Consumers
Red-eye tree frog
(Agalychnis callidryas)
Fruit Bat
(Cynopterus brachyotis)
Iguana
(Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
First Level Consumers
Parrots
(Phaethontidae Psittaciformes)
Insects (Insecta)
Monkeys
(Catrol Vancliechin)
Producers
Bamboo
(Bambusoideae)
Bannana Tree
(Musa Acuminata)
Coconut Tree
(Cocos nucifera)
Jelly Fungus
Slime Mold
Giant Millipede
(Dictyostelium discoideum) (Archispirostreptus spp.) (Dacryopinax spathularia.)
Decomposers
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