Tropical Rainforest

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Tropical Rainforest

• By Sasha Gonzales
• Gabby Gonzalez
• Blanca Vargas

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Why visit the rainforest?

• The tropical rainforest has warm temperatures
  year-round.
• There is a variety of species not only in
  animals, but plants as well.
• This biome is located all over the world, so your
  choices of where to stay vary.

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Where is this biome located?

• All near the equator
• Mostly found in South America and West Africa.
• Other locations include Indonesia, Malaysia,
  Southern India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan

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What is the climate like in this biome?

• This biome, no matter where you are, the
• temperature is always warm. There is lots of
• rainfall in this biome so you may enjoy the
• warm weather and the rain at the same time.
• The average rainfall is between 40 and 120
• inches.

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What are the species in the rainforest?

• In the rainforest there is a variety of species.
• There are so many that you may find some
• you have never see or heard of. The are 112,000
• plant species, 2,700 animal species, 204
• primate species, and at least 30 million insect
• species.

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What are some animals in the rainforest?

• Lotens Sunbird of Sri Lanka similar to a
  hummingbird drink nectar from small flowers,
  have medium sized, curved beaks to reach the
  nectar.
• Butterflies and moths protect themselves by
  camouflaging after they have landed on leaves.
• Rhinoceros Hornbill of Malaysia eat large seeds
  w/its semi-long, pointed beak.

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Animals continued

• Jaguar of Belize their spotted coats help them
  blend in w/the rainforest floor, making easier
  for them to hunt.
• Three-toed sloth of Central America host to
  algae which turn its fur green helping it hide in
  the leaves, protecting it form predators.
• Eyelash viper of Costa Rica has adapted to feed
  on forest prey, survive in its climate w/its
  color its easier to hunt.

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The soil of the rainforest

• People used to think the soils were fertile
  because so many plants used to grow.
• By deforestation the soil no longer gets the
  nutrients it needs b/c it used to get it from the
  trees.
• The soils are now not the good b/c of the
  deforestation.

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How has man effected the rainforest?

• Logging, farming, deforestation
• Sometimes the government understands the
  fragility of the rainforest.
• Men hunt the animals for their fur, meat or
  teeth, endangering these species.
• Framers burn acres of land to have enough room
  for their crops.
• Settlers and natives continue to build rods into
  the rainforest so they can access lumber-rich
  land and plant crops