Tropical Rainforest

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Tropical Rainforest
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Location

• Near Earths equator
• 50 latitude
• Largest rainforests are in South American,
  Africa, Southeast Asia

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Temperature

• Warm weather all year
• 25 C or 77 F
• Greatest biodiversity in the world
• 15 million species of plants and animals.

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Precipitation

• Wettest biome
• 250 400 cm/year or 97.5 156 inches/year
• Hot, humid conditions ideal environment for
  bacteria and other microorganisms

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• Poor soil
• Plants have green leaves all year
• Warm temperatures break down organic matter
  quickly, but is used quickly by the abundance of
  plants

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Animals

• Monkeys, birds, snakes, rodents, frogs, lizards,
  insects
• Many never set foot on the ground because of
  constant water supply live in trees for food
  and camouflage

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Plants

• Trees grow close together for tree-dwelling
  animals
• Orchids, vines grow as epiphytes
• Less than 2 of sunlight reaches the ground
  because of dense vegetation

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• Three layers of plant growth canopy ( 100-120
  ft trees), understory, ground.
• Fungus flourishes
• Plants compete for space, sunlight, and nutrients