Transcript Art & DT - Sky Rainforest Rescue

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Amphibians
Amphibians are a group of animals.
They have the following key features:
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They are cold blooded
They are vertebrates which means they have a backbone
They have moist skin which they can breathe through
They lay eggs
Most amphibians live in water but some can live outside of
the water in particularly humid places.
Amphibians
Some famous types of amphibians are….
Frogs
Amphibians
Toads
Amphibians
Newts
Amphibians
Salamanders
Amphibians
The Amazon is full of
hundreds of different
species of amphibians.
Lots of species of frogs
have brightly coloured
skin which can advertise
that they are poisonous
and dangerous to eat.
The layers of the Amazon
Rainforests are very tall, dense forests made up
of loads of plants and animals.
They can be separated into four different layers:
Forest floor
Understory
Canopy
Emergent layer
Different plants and animals live in each layer…
The layers of the Amazon
The layers of the Amazon
Emergent layer
This is the tops of the tallest
trees in the forest. They can
be up to 200 feet tall! This
layer gets lots of sunlight.
The layers of the Amazon
Canopy
This is the main roof
and busiest part of the
forest. All the treetops
grow closely together to
catch most of the sun.
There are lots of fruits
and flowers to eat which
means a lot of animals
live in this layer.
The layers of the Amazon
Understory
This layer is made up of
smaller trees and plants.
Not much sunlight gets
through the layer above
so the plants have big
leaves to catch the
sunlight where they can.
The layers of the Amazon
Forest floor
Hardly any sunlight reaches
the bottom layer so it is dark
and stuffy in this layer. Not
many plants can grow down
here but there are lots of dead
leaves which have fallen from
above which makes it a
paradise for insects.
The layers of the Amazon
Different animals live in
the different layers of the
forest. Some might spend
all their time in one layer.
This might be because
they can stay safe from
predators or because the
only food they eat is in a
specific layer.
The layers of the Amazon
Emergent layer
These high tree tops are home
to some of the biggest birds in
the Amazon along with bats,
butterflies and even snakes.
• Harpy eagle
• Blue morpho butterfly
• Scarlet macaw
The layers of the Amazon
Canopy
There are plenty of
animals keen to get at the
fruits which can be found
in the roof of the forest.
• Toucan
• Squirrel monkey
• Coati
The layers of the Amazon
Understory
The understory is very hot
and damp so is well suited to
frogs as well as some birds
and snakes.
• Vine snake
• Tree frog
• Hummingbird
The layers of the Amazon
Forest floor
The forest floor is full of insects
who survive by eating the leaves
which fall to the floor. Other larger
mammals also live here.
• Funnel web spider
• Tapir
• Hercules beetle
• Jaguar