PowerPoint Presentation The Tropical Rainforest

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Most of the tropical Rainforests are located near
the equator. 57 of The tropical rainforest are
found in Latin America, one third is located in
Brazil 18is located in West Africa, and other
tropical rainforests are located in southeast
Asia and Pacific Island. 25 of the world is
Tropical rainforest.
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Some of the landforms of the rainforest are
waterfalls, mountains,rivers and hills. Some of
these are located in Africa and to be more
specific in The Amazon and in Brazil. Here are
some pictures of landforms.
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The bush baby is one of the interesting animals
that live in the rainforest. The bush baby is a
primate and is nocturnal. The bush babys eyes
are so large to provide it great night vision, to
find food and to move around. The bush baby is
found in the rainforest tree canopy. The bush
baby has long nails to grasp on to the tree
branches
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Another one of the animals are The two towed
sloth. They are found in mostly the rain forest
of South America. They have rounded claws to
grip on to the tree branches to move around. I
would not want to be a two towed sloth because
the spend their whole lives with their backs to
the ground.
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One other animal is The parrot. About 340
species of brightly colored brides make up the
parrot family, some names of parrots in the
family is the cockatoos, lories, lovebirds,
macaws and parakeets. The mostly body color in
the family is green. Some American parrots are
mostly blue or yellow and some have red as well.
The most colorful are the lories,which they
usually are mostly red and green with blue yellow
and purple as well. The cockatoos are mostly
white or black with yellow ,red, or pink. Most
parrots are tropical but some species spread out
to more temperate areas.
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One of the exotic plants are the Bromeliads. The
bromeliads are usually in the ground or on trees.
They are used for cupping water after it rains.
The can hold up to 12 gallons of water. Another
plat is the rubber tree. The cycle of producing
rubber begins with collection of a milky latex
substance produced by the cells of higher plants,
it also comes off the bark. It produces 4 ib.
annually. Another plant is the epiphytic orchid.
The epiphytic orchid does not require soil. It
is in the tree branches or crooks in tree trunks.
Orchids or other epiphytes plants get the
nutrients they need from other plants or by
trapping rain water.
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The temperatures in the rainforest are always
around 70-90 degrees over the year. Humidity is
around 64 all the time. It rains more in the
months of October to April then from May to
November. It usually rains every day or every
other day. The rainforest gets as much as 30 ft.
a year and as little as 6 ft. a year. When it
rains in the rainforest it rains HEAVLILY !
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Does it rain every day? It might for a period of
time but it usually rains every day or every
other day. Are there any rainforest in the USA?
No because Rain forest are around the line of the
equator and around there.
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This is how Water plays a part in my biome, it is
like a cycle. First the humid air hangs over the
rainforest. Then wind blows the tiny water drops
up where they begin to get cool and from clouds.
Then it begins to rain and water slides off
leafs and tree trunks to the ground. Then about
50 evaporates into the air and it starts over.
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I got my information from these placesnkms.com
national geographic vol. 163 no.1 Jan. 1983
Microsoft encyclopedia disc and google. THANK
YOU!!!!