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Tropical Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest. Todd Jackson and Brittni Jones 2 nd Period Ecology. Climate. Average temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit Temperature: NEVER DROPS BELOW 64 degrees Fahrenheit ( Because the plants are not adapted to frost). CENTRAL AMERICA THE AMAZON AFRICA. SOUTHERN ASIA

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Tropical Rainforest

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  1. Tropical Rainforest Todd Jackson and Brittni Jones 2nd Period Ecology

  2. Climate • Average temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit • Temperature: NEVER DROPS BELOW 64 degrees Fahrenheit • ( Because the plants are not adapted to frost)

  3. CENTRAL AMERICA THE AMAZON AFRICA SOUTHERN ASIA AUSTRALASIA Location

  4. 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

  5. Seasons • Winter: Warm and Rainy • Summer: Warm and Rainy • Fall: Warm and Rainy • Spring: Warm and Rainy

  6. Soil Type • 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

  7. Species DiversityPlants Bengal Bamboo Jambu Bougainvillea Strangler Figs Curare

  8. Species Diversity Animals African Forest Elephant Silvery Gibbon Harpy Eagle Orangutan Toco Toucan

  9. Sun Food Web Jaguar Sloth Anteater Macaw Rain-forest Plants Termite Ant Scorpion Red-eyed Tree Frog Kinkajou Bacteria Beetle Howler Monkey Decomposing Leaves

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Work Cited • http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Protection.shtml

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