TROPICAL RAINFOREST

WORLD LOCATION

• Other tropical rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands (25% of the worlds tropical rainforests)and west Africa(18%)

CLIMATE

• Adv. summer temp-the climate is very hot and wet. The temperature is 80degrees
• Adv. rainfall- an adverse he of 50 to 260 inches during the wet season is about 77 degrees. During the dry season it is about 68 degrees.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

• Soil
• Tides
• Salinity
• Orchids such as bananas, coffee plants and hundreds of rare and endangered animal species. Canopies, plants and animals. The roots can grow to heights spanning multiple layers of the forest.

PLANTS

• Banana
• Orchid
• Coffee
• Brazil nut tree

ADAPTATIONS TO ENVIROMENT

• Drip tips and waxy surfaces allow water to run off.
• Some plants climb on others to reach the sunlight.

ANIMALS

• Orangutan
• Tiger
• Gorilla
• Frog

ADAPTATIONS TO enviroment

• Behavioral adaptation
• Camouflage