Transcript Tropical Rainforest Biome

Tropical Rainforest Biome
By: Abby M
Adrian
Minju
Yearly Temperature Range in Celsius
Degrees
• The temperature in a rainforest rarely reaches
above 34 degrees C. The lowest temperature
is 20 degrees C.
Animal Life: Orangutan
• The Orangutan is a unique primate that lives
in the trees. It has devolved long strong arms
to help it swing from tree to tree, because it
spends so much time in the trees its legs have
become short and weak due to evolution.
Orangutans have curved and feet to help them
stay balanced while climbing. They also have
opposable thumbs to aid them in gripping
branches.
Animal Adaptations: Wagler’s Pit
Viper
• The Wagler’s Pit Viper lives in the trees just
like the orangutan. The Wagler’s pit viper
changes color to hide it from predators. It’s
skin ranges from a variety of colors such as
green, yellow, or even a striped pattern. The
Wagler’s pit viper is gets its name because of
the pits behind its nostrils that sense heat.
This helps the reptile find warm-blooded
animals.
Plant Life: Bromeliads
It is a waxy plant that is related to the
pineapple family. It has thick waxy leaves that
form a bowl to catch rain water in the center
of the plant. They create habitats for a lot of
animals. For example animals like tadpoles,
salamanders, beetles, snails, ect. The animals
that die decompose and create nutrients for
the plant.
Plant Life- Bengal Bamboo
• It can be found in the Southeast Asian
rainforest biome. It does well in moist climate
and it can grow in between 40 feet and 80 feet.
This plant is important to its environment. It
can reduce soil erosion. It sucks up water from
heavy rain which might have caused a flood. It
also provides shelter for animals.
Location on the Globe
As you can see, there are rainforests in various
parts of the world. The biggest one is in South
America, the Amazon Rainforest.
Food chain
Interesting Facts
• Some of the rainforest’s trees are so tightly
packed that rain drops falling on the canopy
can take up to ten minutes to reach the
ground!
• Bamboo can grow up to nine inches a day!
• The sloth, a resident of the South American
rainforest, moves so slow that algae are able
to grow on its fur!
Bibliography
• Michael G. Rainforests blue planet biomes n.p 2001
web 21 September 10
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
• Bromeliads Plants of the rainforests n.p n.d Web 21
September 2010
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Zachery C. Bengal Bamboo, rainforest plants n.p 2002
Web. 21 september 2010
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.ht
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