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Rainforest

Rainforest. By McKenna Sinibaldi. Facts and photo’s gathered from www.mbgnet.net. Where is my biome found. Tropical rainforests are located near the equator , and in Brazil. Temperate rainforest are found along some coasts. Where are Tropical rainforest located?.

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Rainforest

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  1. Rainforest By McKenna Sinibaldi Facts and photo’s gathered from www.mbgnet.net

  2. Where is my biome found • Tropical rainforests are located near the equator , and in Brazil. • Temperate rainforest are found along some coasts

  3. Where are Tropical rainforest located? Everything in Red is where you’ll find Tropical Rainforest

  4. Tropical Rainforest Biome Fun Facts • Today only about three percent of the original temperate rainforest in the U.S.A remains. • Thirty acres of trees are cut in the tropical rainforest every minute. • A lot of homes to animals have been destroyed.

  5. Rainforest Animals – The Bearded Pig • It often follows monkeys to pick up the fruit they drop. • It has a lot of whiskers on its chin. • After 4 months the female makes a nest of plants ,and gives birth to 2 or 3 young • The young stay for 1 year.

  6. Rainforest Animals The Flying Dragon • It glides from tree to tree. • Flaps under its arms helps it glide. • It feeds on bugs. • To breed it buries its 1 to 4 eggs in the soil. • It does NOT breathe fire. Photo from www.genesispark.com/exhibits/reptiles/lizards/frilled/

  7. Rainforest PlantsThe Banyan Tree • It starts life by growing on another plant. • It sucks on that plant to get its moisture. • Widely cultivated in the tropics • It is native to India and Pakistan • It is considered sacred.

  8. Rainforest PlantsThe American Mangrove • Have wide-spreading stilt roots that support the trees in the tidal mud • Roots trap nutritious organic matter. It is in Southern Florida. • Grow in salt water, such as tidal shores. • American mangrove is also referred to as Red Mangrove.

  9. Rainforest Climate • It receives 80 to 100 inches of precipitation per year. • It rains a lot in the tropical rainforest. • It also comes from fog.

  10. Rainforest Summary • Rainforest get more rain than the Desert, Grassland, Taiga, and the Tundra put together. • Rainforest trees can be over 90 feet tall. • Most animals in the rainforest fight just for a female. • The Banyan Tree starts life by living on another tree.

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