The Rainforest

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The Rainforest

• By Chloe Tobin

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Contents !!!!

• Where are rainforests located
• The importance of rainforests
• Rainforest layers
• The forest floor and the understory
• The spider monkey
• The toucan
• The monarch butterfly
• Why do rainforest trees grow so tall
• Did you know
• Huli tribe
• Rafflesia
• Bromeliads
• Passion flower
• How do forest floor animals find food
• Did you know
• conclusion

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Where are rainforests located

• Tropical rainforests are located near the
  equator. The map below shows the location of the
  worlds tropical rainforests, rainforests only
  cover about 6 of the worlds surface yet, it is
  home to over half of the worlds plants and
  animals.

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The importance of rainforests

• rainforests
• help stabilize the worlds climate
• provide a home to many plants and animals
• maintain the water cycle
• protect against flood drought and erosions
• are a source of medicines and food
• support tribal people
• are an interesting place to visit

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rainforest layers

• There are four layers in the rainforest
• They are the forest floor, the understory
• The canopy and the emergent layer.
• The forest floor is 0 feet above the ground.
• The understory is 0 to 60 feet above the
• ground The canopy is 60 to 130 feet and the
• emergent Is 130 to 160 feet above the
• ground.

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The forest floor and the understory

• The forest floor only two percent of light that
  reaches the canopy can get threw the forest
  floor, so the forest floor is dim. this dim light
  slows the growth of many light demanding plants.
  when a tree falls down everything is different
  because the extra light allows a lot of lianas
  and herbs to grow. Rates of growth are incredible
  
• The understoryplants that survive in the
  understory include dwarf palms and species like
  the ginger family. these plants can grow up to 12
  feet in length. Many plants in the understory
  rely on insects for their food. this layer has
  the largest amount of insects.

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Spider monkey

• Spider monkeys are found in the tropical
  rainforests of central and south America as well
  as in regions far north as Mexico these monkeys
  prefer wet forests rather than dry regions and
  are mostly found living in the upper canopy,
  almost never coming near the ground. spider
  monkeys eat 90 fruit and some nuts ,seeds, and
  insects spider monkeys get there food in small
  groups early in the mornings.

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The Toucan

• The toucan is a brightly coloured bird commonly
  found in central and South America. Toucans are
  birds with variety in colour as well as size.
  They are bright in colour having red blue yellow
  or orange. There bill is approximately half the
  size of their body. They live in trees in groups
  of six or seven birds. They have big claws to
  help them balance on trees.

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Monarch Butterfly

• Monarch butterflies are species of poisonous
  butterflies that feed on milkweed plant. they are
  mainly found in North America. they appear
  beautiful and have bright coloured scaly wings.
  Their predators fall sick if they eat them due to
  the poison pilots have reported monarch
  butterflies flying as high as eleven thousand feet

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Why do rainforests trees grow so tall.

• rainforest trees are so tall because they grow to
  reach the sunshine high up in the forest canopy.
  the warmth and the moisture of the rainforests
  regions allows the trees to grow quickly.
  rainforests trees such as teak can grow about to
  about 50 metres tall or as high as a lighthouse
  many different fruits and nuts grow on the trees
  these are eaten by a great variety of animals.

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Did you know that???

• A animal called the sloth looks green because
  tiny plants called algae grow on its fur Sloth's
  live in the rainforests in South America, and the
  green colour helps them to blend in with green
  leaves around them Sloth's crawl very slowly
  among branches using large hooked claws. they
  feed on leaves and fruit and only climb to the
  ground once a week to go to the toilet.

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The Huli Tribe

• The huli are one of the many tribes that live in
  remote highland forests of Papua new guniea.They
  live by hunting, gathering plants, and growing
  crops. Men and women live separately ,in large
  group houses. The men decorate their bodies with
  coloured clay and wear headdresses for
  ceremonies. The latest estimates put their
  population at around 150,000 they have lived in
  their current area for about 1,000 years.

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The Rafflesia

• The rafflesia is about one meter wide and weighs
  about nine kilograms. It is the worlds largest
  bloom. It is also one of the rarest and most
  endangered plants. this flower is a great example
  of how fragile some areas of the rainforest are.
  the rafflesia is a disembodied flower. strands of
  fungus like tissue are its only body outside the
  flower. The rafflesia has an odder that smells
  like rotting meat. it attracts flies and beetles
  into the plants. when it is fully grown it lasts
  only one week

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The Bromeliads

• Bromeliads are related to the pineapple family.
  Their thick waxy leaves form a bowl shape in the
  centre for catching rainwater. Some bromeliads
  are can hold up to seven gallons of water and are
  miniature ecosystems in themselves providing
  homes for several creatures including frogs and
  snails.

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Bromeliads
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Passion Flower

• The passion flower lives throughout the tropical
  and semitropical zones from South America to
  North America. There are over 200 species of
  passion flower with the most common found in the
  Amazon region the passion flower is a hardy woody
  vine growing up to thirty feet in length. it has
  striking large white flowers with pink or purple
  centres and great edible fruit.

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Pink And Purple Passion Flowers
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How do forest-floor animals find food

• Some animals that live on the forest floor such
  as agoutis, follow monkeys and parrots to find
  food. they gather the fruits and nuts that
  accidentally fall to the ground. Agoutis are
  relatives of guinea pigs and have big, strong
  front teeth to gnaw open nuts that many other
  animals find too hard.

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Did you know

• Leaf cutter ants chew off pieces of rainforest
  leaves and then carry them back to their nest.
  They feed on the fungus that grows on the rooting
  leaves.

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Conclusion

• I really enjoyed doing my project about the
  rainforest. I have learned a lot of interesting
  plants animals and tribes. I think the rainforest
  is a truly amazing place.

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