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The Rainforest
By Sabrina
Animals
Sloth
Eats
leaves and
fruit
Fur blends
in with the
leafs
Harpy Eagle
Eats
snakes,
birds, and
monkeys
Red eyed
Tree frog
Feet that
help it stick
to branches
and leaves
Jaguar
Eats meat
Patrols the
river bank
Disguises
itself as
sunlight with
it’s spots
Pygmy
Marsupial
Frog
They eat
spiders and
insects
Amazon
River Turtle
One of the
largest fresh
water turtles
Powerful
swimmer
Very slow
moving
Long
hooked
claws
Fly high
above the
treetops
Huge
claws to
catch its
prey
Eats flies,
moths, other
small frogs
and crickets
too
Third
largest
feline after
lion and
tiger
Enemies to
snakes,
birds, and
large
mammals
Eats fallen
fruit, seeds,
vegetation,
freshwater
sponges,
and insects
Plants
Oak
400
different
species on
Earth
Maple
125 different
species
Native to Asia,
Europe,
Northern Africa
and North
America
The fruit is a Maple trees
nut called an usually grow 10acorn
45 meters
An oak is
considered a
tree or shrub
Yew
Slow
growing
and can
live long
Reddish
bark
Ficus
850
different
species of
trees,
shrubs and
vines
Usually
know as fig
trees or
figs
Pitcher
plants
They have a
sweet sent
that pulls
bugs in
where they
slip on the
edge and the
pitcher plant
digests it
Orchids
Nearly
22,000
different
species
Speed of
reproduction
4 times the
speed of
mammals
and 3 times
the speed of
birds
All yews
are closely
related to
each other
A tree that
has been
around
possibly
800 years
120
different
species of
these type of
plants
Live in
almost every
habitat from
desserts to
icebergs
Climate
 The climate in the rainforest is mostly rain, hence the
title, and is sunny and humid and sticky feeling.
 The rainfall amount is 80 to 260 inches a year.
 It’s hot and warm all year long
 In some rainforests it rains 200 days a year
Location

A rainforest is a mass amount of land covered in all kinds of vegetation
like trees and vines. It is home to many of Earth’s creatures. Surprisingly
rainforests cover 7% of the world.
Physical Landscape
Emergent layer-more windy, and is where most monkeys climb
around
Canopy layer- thick branches, small breeze, and more wildlife than
the top layer
Understory layer- leafy bushes, it’s very dark and hot, blooms with
flowers, and is where the birds chose to fly and the frogs chose to sit
Forest floor-is the dirt bottom of the forest and is where insects and
anteaters loom
Rivers- rivers pass all around in rainforests and are swarming with
hungry crocodiles and deadly piranha fish. Don’t fall in.
Human Influences
 The trees in some rainforest are being chopped down and used
for building purposes
 The jaguars are being hunted for there fur and bones
 These beautiful forests will soon no longer be here, the jaguars
won’t prowl again or maybe the beautiful plants will be destroyed
or run over by the destruction
Glossary
 Rainforest-(rān'fôr'ĭst)- A rainforest is a mass amount of land
covered in all kinds of vegetation like trees and vines
 Vegetation- [vej-i-tey-shuh n]- the whole plant life of a certin
place
 Feline- (fee-lahyn)-belonging or from the cat family
 Prowl-[proul]- to go about stealthily as in search of prey
 Swarming-(swawrm-ing)- to move about in great numbers