By: Natalie Austin

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Tropical Broadleaf Evergreen Forests

• By Natalie Austin

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Location and Precipitation

• My biome is located in areas near the equator.
  These areas are tropical.
• The average temperature is 64F year. In summer
  it is hotter because the sun. Its precipitation
  average is more then 400 inches a year.

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Advanced Location

• Central and South America
• South Asia and some islands around there
• West Africa
• Northern Australia and more islands around there

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Plants and Animals

• Bougainvillea
• Bromeliads
• Venus Fly Trap
• Lianas
• Epiphytes

• Toucan
• Sloth
• White-Faced Capuchin Monkey
• Common Palm Civet
• Bengal Tiger

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Conditions

• There are 3 layers in the Rainforest.
• The canopy trees can grow to be more then 150
  feet tall.
• The canopy holds all of the monkeys and birds.
• The under story is very hot and very damp. It
  also has some birds and a few monkeys living in
  it.
• The rainforest floor contains bugs and snakes.
  The snakes eat the bugs and small rodents. Two
  mammals living on the rainforest floor are the
  agouti and coatis.

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Endangered Species

• Macaws
• Spider Monkeys

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Habitat Requirements for Endangered Species

• The spider monkeys lives in the canopy. It favors
  cooler areas. They eat the fruit at the top of
  the trees that the other animals can not get to.
• The Macaws stay near the canopy. They nest in
  tree holes. They eat the seeds, nuts, and fruits
  that the trees supply.

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The Rainforest Food Web
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Rainforest Fruit and Veg. Imports

• Avocados
• Macadamia Nuts
• Passion Fruits
• Papayas
• Okra
• Mayonnaise (coconut oil)
• Guava

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Precious stones of the Rainforest

• Amber
• Jasper
• Iron Ore (Brazil)
• Gold (Brazil)
• Bauxite (used to make aluminum)
• Jade

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Medicinal aspects of the Rainforest

• Tuba Root ( Used in flea dips)
• Reserpine ( Used as a sedative and tranquilizer)
• Curare ( Used as a muscle relaxant for surgery)

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Rainforest Soil

• The nutrient filled soil is only 4 inches deep.
• It has red clay underneath it.
• This causes the trees to have a shallow root
  system.
• The nutrient base is very poor because of the
  heavy rainfall which washes away the nutrients.
• To compensate for this most rainforest plants
  have developed a way to hold in the nutrients
  needed to live.
• When these plants die there nutrients is quickly
  absorbed from the soil.

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Major Pollution Source in the Rainforestis

• Commercial Logging
• This causes the soil in the rainforest to get
  weaker then it already is. This also causes
  pollution in nearby water supplies because the
  logging machines can not be completely safe for
  the environment. They could leak which could
  cause oil or gas to get into the water supply
  which would harm the animals and the rainforest
  ecosystem.

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Destruction of the Rainforests
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Those being harmed by the destruction of the
Rainforests
When they are gone? What next?
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References

• www.Grsites.com
• www.partnersinrhyme.com
• www.rainforesteducation.com
• www.junglewalk.com
• www.Blueplantbiomes.com