Tropical R ain F orest Biome

1. Tropical Rain Forest Biome ChristinChae BecTimmermeyer Jayne’ Morris

2. 1&2 Map of trop. rainforest . humid Year round rainfall trees

3. 3 Rain Fall • Rain forests are very humid due to 250 cm of rainfall per year. • Rains more than 90 days a year.

4. 4 The area lies from latitude 20° north and 20° south, and longitude 100°west to 160° east

5. #5 5Plants In Tropical Rainforest • Lianas: Lianas have their roots on the ground and shoot upward in order to receive sunlight. Drip Tips: Because of too much rainfall, plants have adapted this situation by having drip tips that help rains fall. This prevents from the growth of fungus. Buttresses: The buttresses provide stability for the trees in the rainforest that do not have roots planted deeply into the ground.

6. #5 • Epiphytes: They are plants that • grow out of other tree trunks in • order to take in more sunlight. • (EX. Liverworts & Lichens) Mangroves: Mangroves are trees that grow near bodies of water. They have wide-spreading roots for stability and capturing nutritious organic matter. They grow near these conditions because of the wet climate that the tropical rainforest experiences.

7. #6 5HerbivoresIn Tropical Rainforest • Sloths: Sloths are two-toed animal. They • have adapted to the trees by using their • long nails to climb. Spider Monkey: Spider monkeys are a new species in the tropical rainforest. They have adapted to this biome by using their tails to hang upside down. Collared Aracari: Collared Aracari are one of the tropical rainforest birds. They have adapted their environment by eating fruits grown on the trees. They are the key producer of fruit plantation because they pass out the seeds of the fruit they eat.

8. #6 Asian Elephants: Asian Elephants have adapted by living near the rivers and lakes in order to cool themselves. They eat almost everything including fruits, barks, and grasses. Capybara: Capybaras live mostly on water. They have adapted to this environment by being an excellent swimmer and eating aquatic plants.

9. #7 5 Carnivores In Tropical Rainforest Ocelot: It is one of the most common rainforest cat. It eats small creatures like birds and snakes. Ocelots have adapted to their environment by being nocturnal for its food source. Praying Mantis: They have adapted to the tropical rainforest by taking advantage of the number of insects living in their environment. they eat other invertebrates like spiders and grasshoppers. Orange and Emerald Amazon Tree Boas: They have adapted to their environment by wrapping around a tree branch as their space. They eat bats, lizards, and other small mammals.

10. #7 Venus Fly Trap: Venus fly traps grow in the understories. They have adapted to the tropical rainforest by trapping many insects that lay on top of them. Harpy Eagle: Harpy Eagles eat almost all of the small birds. They have adapted the biome by taking advantage of the lowland areas of the tropical rainforest. They swoop down on their pray.

11. #8 Food Web of Tropical Rainforest

12. #9 Ecological Pyramid of Tropical Rainforest Primary Consumers: grasshoppers, squirrels Producers: liverworts, ferns, trees Tertiary Consumers: hawk eagles Secondary Consumers: Snakes,

13. #10 Predator: Trap leaves Prey: Insects When the insects lay on top of the trap leaves the trap leaves trap the insects as their food. Mutualism: The algae grows on top of the spider crab as their home. The spider crab benefits from this because it camouflages itself from its surroundings.

14. #10 • Parasitism: The tick • feeds off the jaguar’s • blood. The tick only • benefits from this. Competition: One of the organisms that are involved in competition are the monkeys. They compete for better trees for their shelter and food sources( fruits).

15. 11 Keep the rain forests! • You should love your rain forests! They provide us with things we use daily. Not only do they provide us humans with what we need to survive, they also are home to many different animals, plants, and species. Love your rain forests!

16. 12 . More of half the earths rainforests have been cut down from demand of wood and land. Farmers slash-and-burn large parcels of forest every year to create grazing and crop lands, but the forest's nutrient-poor soil often renders the land ill-suited for agriculture, and within a year or two, the farmers move on. Mining operations clear forest to build roads and dig mines. Power plants and other industries cut and burn trees to generate electricity. To preserve large forests in tropical rainforests people should use sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them would save millions of acres of rain forest every year. Also encourage people who live near rain forests to harvest its bounty (nuts, fruits, medicines) rather than clear-cutting it for farmland would save million of acres. We should have campaigns that educate people about the destruction caused by rain forest timber and encourage purchasing of sustainable rain forest products could drive demand down enough to slow deforestation.

17. 13 Wetland in our Rain Forests. • Wetlands can be described as the place where land-based and aquatic ecosystems meet • In a wetland, soil is so fully saturated with water that the oxygen content levels in the soil are low. Most plants cannot survive in them.