The Tropical Rainforest

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The Tropical Rainforest By Bryson
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Introduction

• The Jungle is a very exciting habitat. Jungles
  are always found close to the equator. The Jungle
  is also called the Tropical Rainforest. The
  Tropical Rainforest has a variety of plants and
  animals. Each one is perfect for survival in the
  moist Jungle. The temperatures there are usually
  between hot and warm. The plants that live there
  are very lush.

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These are the layers of the Jungle.
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The Emergent Layer
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The Canopy/Upper Canopy

• The Canopy layer has trees that are 60 to 130
  feet tall. Most of the animals that live in the
  Tropical Rainforest live in the Upper Canopy. So
  much food is available in the Canopy area that
  some animals never go down to the Forest Floor.

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The Understory/Lower Canopy

• The trees that live in this layer are 60 feet
  tall. The Lower Canopy layer is made up of the
  tree trunks from the Emergent layer, the tree
  trunks from the Upper Canopy, trees, shrubs, and
  plants. There is little air movement in the
  Understory. The humidity there is constantly
  high. This level is in constant shade.

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The Forest Floor

• The Forest Floor is usually completely shaded,,
  except where a canopy tree has fallen and created
  an opening.

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The Tropical Rainforests in the world are located
where the green is.
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Plant Life
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The plants in the jungle adapt to their
natural environment in many unique ways.
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• The trees do something called transpiration,
  which is when the trees release water through the
  pores of their leaves. They have to shed water
  quickly so the branches dont get weighed down
  and break.

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• Some trees have leaf stalks that turn with the
  movement of the sun so they always absorb the
  maximum amount of light.

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• Special plants called air plants grow on the
  trunks and branches of many trees. Air plants get
  water from the air. Air plants get food from the
  air and from plants rotting nearby.

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• The huge trees have something called a buttress
  to keep them from falling over. Buttresses are
  thick parts on the huge trees trunks. A buttress
  is a structure that grows out from the trunk and
  it grows down to the ground to support the tree.

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• Woody vines called lianas hang from trees and
  they also wrap around tree trunks and limbs.
  Vines called strangler figs can kill trees. The
  vines make up 40 of the canopy leaves. Over
  2,500 species of vines grow in the tropical
  rainforest.

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Animals In The Tropical Rainforest
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• You can find animals in every single color and in
  every single size.

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The animals in the Tropical Rainforest are all
unique in their own different ways.
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• Some animals in the jungle are frogs, snakes,
  sloths, monkeys, birds, gorillas, fish, and cats.

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• Three animals I find interesting are the two-toed
  sloth, the squirrel monkey, and the a howler
  monkey.

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The Two-Toed Sloth

• The two-toed sloth eats and sleeps upside-down.
  It usually avoids coming down from the branches.
  It moves in slow-motion. The two-toed sloth is a
  leaf-eating animal. It is nocturnal, meaning it
  is active at night. When the two-toed sloth
  sleeps it places its head on its chest and it
  becomes a hanging ball of fur. The two-toed sloth
  can stand, but it cant walk. It can only move on
  the forest floor by pulling itself along by its
  claws. The two toed sloths eyesight and hearing
  is very poor. When two two-toed sloths meet they
  will fight until one retreats. Their average
  temperature is between 85 and 90 Fahrenheit.

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The Red Howler Monkey

• The red howler monkey feeds almost entirely on
  leaves, supplemented with nuts, seeds, fruits,
  and flowers. It can live for several weeks on a
  diet of nothing but leaves. The red howler monkey
  lives in troops high in the forest canopy. Its
  roar can be heard over two miles in the Tropical
  Rainforest.

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The Squirrel Monkey

• The squirrel monkey eats mostly fruit, nuts,
  insects, berries, and small birds. It lives in a
  group of about 30-50 squirrel monkeys in an area
  of about a square mile. It often stays close to a
  group of capuchin monkeys because capuchin
  monkeys react quickly to danger, giving a bark
  that alerts themselves and other animals. It has
  an excellent eyesight and nimble hands.

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Pop Quiz
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What are buttresses used for?

• To help support bushes
• To help support trees
• Medicine for humans
• To help gain height

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What are the temperatures in the jungle?

• Below freezing
• In the negatives
• Super hot
• Warm and hot

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Where are Tropical Rainforests found in the world?

• By the equator
• By the South Pole
• By the North Pole
• In the Eastern Hemisphere

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• N0!

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Yes!
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Bibliography

• Google
• -Images
• Wikipedia/ the free encyclopedia
• www.blueplanetbiomes.org
• Stille, Darlene. Tropical Rainforests. New York
  Childrens Press, 1999.
• Lovejoy, Thomas. Jungle World Book
  Encyclopedia. Chicago World Book, Inc., 2006.
• A Special Thanks To
• Daniel, my brother

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