PowerPoint Presentation - Tropical Rainforests

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Tropical Rainforests
By Erica D.
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Where in the World are the Tropical Rainforests?

• 57 of Tropical Rainforests are located in Latin
  America
• 1/3 are in Brazil
• Other Tropical Rainforests are located in
  Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (25)
• West Africa has 18 of the Worlds Tropical
  Rainforests
  http//mbgnet.mobot.org

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Landforms

• Some landforms in the Tropical Rainforest are the
  Amazon river. Many other rivers are also located
  in the rainforest area
• Another landform is the Andes
• Mountains http//mbgnet.mobot.org

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Animals

• One of the animals that live in the tropical rain
  forests are Chimpanzees
• Chimpanzees eat nuts, leaves, and berries
• Orangutans also live in the tropical rainforest
• They also feed on leaves and berries
• Both are in the Primate family
• One type of snake that lives in the rain forest
  is the Vine Snake
• They feed on young birds and lizards
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Plants and Vegetation

• Bamboo is found in the Tropical Rainforests
• It is the worlds largest grass
• Sugar Cane is also found in the Tropical
  Rainforests
• The stems of the grass plant are around ten feet
  tall and full of sugar!
• Rubber trees originally grew in tropical
  rainforests but are now on plantations in
  southeast Asia.
• http//mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm

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Climate

• In the tropical rainforests it is mainly wet and
  warm, hot and humid
• It rains about 400 inches a year!
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Questions

• Are all tropical forests rainforests? Only some
  tropical forests are rain forests, they have to
  lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic
  of Capricorn, receive rainfall regularly
  throughout the year (80-400 inches a year), and
  remain warm without frost all year long!
• How much does it rain in the rainforest?
• It usually rains 95 of the time!
• How quickly are they destroying the rainforests?
  Every five seconds a portion of the tropical
  rainforest the size of a football field is
  destroyed!
• Answers found on http//mbgnet.mobot.org

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Role of H20

• Water is important because without precipitation
  the rainforest would just be the forest
• Everything green in the rainforest needs water to
  live
• It needs water so much that it rains about 2
  inches and hour!
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Bibliography

• http//mbgnet.mobot.org
• Pictures were found on googleimages.com