Tropical Rainforests

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Tropical Rainforests

• Erin McCarthy
• Marina Carcaba

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Location
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Rainfall

• The yearly average rainfall in a tropical
  rainforest is from 50 to 260 inches.
• The temperature in a rainforest rarely gets
  higher than 93 F (34 C) or drops below 68 F
  (20 C).
• The average humidity is between 77 and 88.

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Tropical Rainforest Animals

• Butterflies
• Chameleon
• Gorilla
• Jaguar
• Sloth
• Macaw
• Toucan
• Anaconda
• Pit Viper
• Bearded Pig
• Tapir
• Capybara
• Chimpanzee
• Common Tree Shrew
• Flying Dragon Lizard
• Indian Cobra
• Orangutan
• Vine Snake
• Golden Lion Tamarin Monkey

• Dragonflies
• Three-Toed Sloth
• Wooly Monkey
• Black Howler Monkey
• Red Howler Monkey
• Silver Back Gorilla
• Okapi
• Coral Snake
• Tree Frog
• Parrots
• Harpy Eagle
• Cougar
• Iguana
• Macaw
• Mountain Gorilla Bats
• Leopards
• Giant Anteaters
• Boa Constrictor
• Alligator

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Food Web
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Plants

• Bengal Bamboo
• Bougainvillea
• Curare
• Coconut Tree
• Durian
• Jambu
• Kapok Tree
• Strangler Figs
• Tualang
• Bromeliads
• Orchids
• Mangroves
• Banyan Tree
• Coccoloba
• Talipot Palm
• Freycinetia
• Peacock Plant
• Philippine Fig

• Panama Hat-Plant
• Gnetum
• Fishbone Cactus
• Bauhinia
• Sacred Fig
• Screw Pine
• Ilang-Ilang
• Giant Bamboo
• Ferns
• Guava
• Passionflower
• Scarlet Bush
• Rosewood
• Lemon Balm
• Snakegourd
• Horsetail
• Chamomile
• Alfalfa

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Facts

• About half of all the worlds animal species live
  in tropical rainforests.
• There are more than 50 million different kinds of
  insects in tropical rainforests. Almost 50
  different species of ant were found on one tree
  in Peru.
• A tropical rainforest has more kinds of trees
  than any other area in the world.
• About 1/4 of all the medicines we use come from
  rainforest plants.
• Nearly all nutrients present in the biome are
  contained in the plants, not the soil.
• Rainforests now cover less than 6 of Earth's
  land surface.