TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

WHERE IS THIS BIOME FOUND?

• North America
• Africa
• Asia
• India
• Australia

WHAT IS THE CLIMATE?

• The annual temperature range is 93 to 68 degree's.
• The annual precipitation is 50 to 260 inches.
• The latitude range is 23.5 degree's south and 23.5 degree's north.
• The seasonal changes are long wet winters and short dry summers.
• Possible extreme weather events are blizzard's, ice storms, and gales.

PLANTS

THE BUTTRESS

• This tree has shallow roots because the soil is very poor.
• High, long roots to absorb nutrients from the soil.

THE ORCHID

• The appearance of the flower causes it to catch varieties of insects and food.

THE STRANGLER FIG

• The strangler fig grows fast to get nutrients from the sun.

ANIMALS

JAGUAR

• Big jaw and head for piecing the skull of their prey.

ORANGATANG

• Long arms for support and for hanging.
• Has a opposable big toe to help spend time in the canopy.
• Highly mobile hips also helps to spend time in canopy.

MOUSE

• Mice are fast to run away from predators.

THREATS

• Humans cutting down trees for wood,industries cut and burn trees to generate electricity .
• Paper industries use rainforest trees to turn into pulp for paper, cattle industries clear pieces of land to use for herding cattle.

THREATS

• Soy industries clear some land for cropland, mining operations clear parts of the forest for roads and digging mines.
• Governments clear forests to make room for services and transit roads.
• Hydroelectric projects flood many acres of the forest.

FUN FACTS

• Tropical rain forests cover 31% of land on earth.
• The Amazon has lost around 17% of the forest in the last 50 years, mostly due to forest conversion for cattle ranching.
• Many of the world's most threatened animals live in forests.

FUN FACTS

• 1.6 billion people rely on the things forests offer. Like food, fresh water clothing, medicine & shelter.
• Tropical rain forests produce 40% of earths oxygen.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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