Tropical Rainforest
Todd Jackson and Brittni Jones
2nd Period
Ecology
Climate
• Average temperature: 77 degrees
Fahrenheit
• Temperature: NEVER DROPS BELOW 64
degrees Fahrenheit
– ( Because the plants are not adapted to frost)
Location
• CENTRAL AMERICA
• THE AMAZON
• AFRICA
• SOUTHERN ASIA
• AUSTRALASIA
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
Seasons
• Winter: Warm and Rainy
• Summer: Warm and Rainy
• Fall: Warm and Rainy
• Spring: Warm and Rainy
Soil Type
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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
Species
Diversity
Plants
Species
Diversity
Animals
Sun
Food Web
Sloth
Macaw
Jaguar
Anteater
Rain-forest
Plants
Termite
Ant
Scorpion
Kinkajou
Red-eyed
Tree Frog
Bacteria
Beetle
Howler Monkey
Decomposing Leaves
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
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
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
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
Work Cited
• http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/kruba
l/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html
• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest
.htm
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject
s/rainforest/animals/Protection.shtml