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

• 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 DiversityPlants

Species Diversity Animals

Food WebSun

Macaw

Rain-forestPlants

Sloth AnteaterJaguar

Bacteria

TermiteAnt

Red-eyedTree Frog

Scorpion

Kinkajou

Howler Monkey

Beetle

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/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html

• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Protection.shtml