PPT-D. Low-Latitude (Tropical) Rainforest Biome

largest continuous rainforest in Amazon basin Greatest biodiversity Abundant habitats and niches Canopy Emergents highest trees 150 200 ft tall no branches at low levels Buttresses Umbrellashaped canopy. By Gavin Vogt. Tropical Rainforest Facts. Tropical rainforests are located in warm regions.. 50-260 inches of rain falls every year.. 40% of Earth’s oxygen comes from tropical rainforests.. Rainforests are now less that 6% of Earth’s surface.. By: Alexis . Bialek. Introduction. . I chose this biome because I have always thought that Tropical forests were interesting and they have a lot of different characteristics to them that are cool to study.. By: Michael Anaya & . Emanoel. . Lorenzzutti. Forest of tall trees that is hot all year around and gets about 50 to 260 in. of rainfall a year. . Brazil Nut Tree. Famous for reaching heights of over 160 feet, the Brazil nut tree towers above other trees in the Amazon rainforest. During January and February, its fruit -- which is the size of a baseball and can weigh up to 5 pounds -- ripens and falls to the ground, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph on its descent. Inside the fruits’ hard, woody exterior are anywhere from 10 to 21 nuts arranged in a pattern similar to segments of an orange. The outer casing of the fruit is so hard that only one known animal -- the agoutis, a large rodent with sharp, chisel-like teeth -- can crack it open. In just one year, a Brazil nut tree can produce some 250 pounds of nuts.. be large . like these . or small, like a . pond. .. My ecosystem will be:……………………………... Your presentation must cover these questions:. Where is your ecosystem found?. Why is it found there?. By: Meredith Brown, Deandra Thomas, Jenna Banwell, and Samantha Maxson. Strangler fig. Canopy. Bromeliad. Climate and temperature chart. Mountains. Cloud Forests. Lichens. Food Web. Rainforest locations. By Teja, Mridh, Justin, Jayden. W. orld Location. There are Rainforests in Australia, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America.. Climate. In the Rainforest there are no seasons. I is always hot and wet. The average teetered is around 70°F to 90°F.. Made by Lauren . Shepard. What is a Biome?. Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate.. The biomes we will be covering in this lesson are:. Tropical rainforest – A forest of tall trees found in a region of year-round warmth. (Equator).. Average precipitation (rainfall): 1250mm – 6600mm.. Home to greatest variety of living things in the world. – Huge biodiversity..        Scientists have divided our world into different biomes, such as tundra, grasslands, deserts, rainforests, deciduous forests, and marine environments. A biome is a large geographical region with plants and animals that are able to live in that location with its particular climate because they have adapted in different ways to the amounts of water, heat, and soil in that area.. Rainforest. R. ainforest. Nobody is sure how intensive . tropical rainforest . once were. One of the widely accepted estimates is that they covered 25 million square kilometers, or 16% of the land surface of the earth. Today, they cover around ten million kilometers. Half of the loss has been attributed to permanent farms conversion; a quarter to the development of . Did you know there are two types of r. ainforest?. T. he . temperate and the . tropical!. Tropical rainforests are found close to the . equator.. Temperate . rainforests are found along coasts in the temperate zone, such as the Pacific Northwest of the . Description of the Biome:. 1. Taiga. 2. Temperate Deciduous Forest. 3. Tropical Rainforest. 4. Desert. 5. Grassland. 6. Tundra. Precipitation in the Biome:. A. Tropical Rainforest. B. Desert. C. Grassland. 1There are more of tree and plants in the rainforest than anywhere else in the A earth B threatened C species D floor2The tropical rainforest has almost the same temperature yearA round B jun Click a button to find out more. Tropical Rainforest Biome. Click a button to find out more. Where are tropical rainforests located?. Nearly all the tropical rainforest biome is located between Tropic of Cancer (23.5.