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BY: Angelina Spampinato and Allie Sciortino

The Tropical rainforest AND DEFORESTATION. BY: Angelina Spampinato and Allie Sciortino . Diagram of the Tropical Rainforest:. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest:. 1. Emergent Layer These are the giant trees that have huge mushroom-shaped crowns.

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BY: Angelina Spampinato and Allie Sciortino

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  1. The Tropical rainforest AND DEFORESTATION BY: Angelina Spampinato and Allie Sciortino

  2. Diagram of the Tropical Rainforest:

  3. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest: 1. Emergent Layer • These are the giant trees that have huge mushroom-shaped crowns. • They enjoy the greatest amount of sunlight, but MUST endure high temperatures with low humidity, and strong winds.

  4. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest(cont.) : 2. Canopy Layer • These trees form a constricted, continuous canopy 60-90 feet above the ground. • The branches are often covered with other plants and connected with vines. • The canopy is an abode to 90% of the organisms found in the rainforest.

  5. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest(cont.) : 3. Understory • Receives only 2-15% of the sunlight that the canopy attracts • Many popular house plants come from this layer

  6. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest(cont.) : 4. Forest Floor • Very little grows except plants that adapt to very low light • It receives less than 2% of the sunlight • Fallen leaves, seeds, fruits, and branches decompose extremely quickly on the floor

  7. Location: • Covers 6% of the Earth’s surface • Located around the belt of the equator • Areas include: • Amazon Basin • Congo and lower regions of Africa • Southeast Asia • Central America • The Queensland Coast • Madagascar

  8. Climate: • Average temperature is more than 20 degrees Celsius • Temperature ranges from 20-25 degrees Celsius • Has little variation in day length throughout the year • Has 250+ cm of rain during the year

  9. Biological Diversity: • Refers to all of the different kinds of life on Earth • 50% of all species are found in the tropical rainforests • Has provided many medicines to treat diseases

  10. Animals: • A wide variety that adapt to their surroundings • Use coloring to alert predators of their poison • Camouflage is also used to avoid predators

  11. The Capybara: Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris • Spends much time in water • Capybaras feed on plant material, including aquatic plants • Live in family groups • Are active at dawn and dusk

  12. The Chimpanzee:Pan troglodytes • Has a wide range of sounds and gestures for communication • They eat plant material (fruit, nuts, leaves, shoots, bark), eggs, and insects • They climb well but spend most of the time on the ground

  13. Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens • Primarily tree-living birds • They eat fruits and seeds • While in flight, the bird begins to beat its wings at twice the normal speed, creating a whirring sound

  14. Vegetation: • Consists of the plants, jungle trees, and flowers • Often interacts with animals, birds, and insects • Most leaves have pointed ends so the water can drip off

  15. Coccoloba:Coccoloba pubescens • Referred to as “Eve’s Umbrella” • Can grow up to 80 feet • Has large, veined ornamental leaves

  16. Peacock Plant:Calatheamakoyana • Well adapted to the low light of the forest floor • The leaves of the plant fold up at night • It has striking markings on the upper surface of the leaf

  17. Ylang-Ylang:Cananga odorata • Located in southeast Asia • Can grow up to 80 feet • Leaves are used for some of the world’s most expensive perfumes

  18. Deforestation: • The removal of a forests where the land is changed to a nonforest use • Reasons • Farmland • Logging • Road building • Grazing lands • Paper

  19. Deforestation (cont.): • Population growth intensifies deforestation • Displaces people of the forest • We lose important knowledge of plants and animals

  20. Deforestation and the Rainforest: • Removes vegetation • 1 ½ acres of land are lost every second • Deforestation is used for logging, creating grazing land, and firewood

  21. How can WE stop deforestation?: • Advocating and participating in recycling programs • Use less paper • Implementing preventative legislation • Eat less meat • REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!!!!!

  22. Thank you for your time

  23. Works Cited: • Peters, Charles M."Rain forest." World Book Advanced. World Book,2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. • "Rainforest Animals." Rainforest Topics. MGBnet. 2002. Web. 21 October 2011 • "Rainforest Facts." Rainforest Facts. Raintree Nutrition, Inc. 20 March 2010. Web. 28 October 2011 • "Rainforest Plants." Rainforest Topics. MGBnet. 2002. Web. 21 October 2011 • Tiller, Leisa. "Tropical Rainforest Biome." Tropical Rainforest Biome. Web. 21 October 2011.

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