PPT-Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems

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 235. 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: 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.. BY:NADIA, MICHACL,ARTURO. WHERE ARE TROPICAL RAINFOREST’S?. They are found. In South America. . ,Asia and Africa.. They are typically found near the equator.. FACTS ON THE RAINFOREST. The worlds largest Rainforest are in South America, Africa ,and southeast Asia. . 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.. BY:NADIA, MICHACL,ARTURO. WHERE ARE TROPICAL RAINFOREST’S?. They are found. In South America. . ,Asia and Africa.. They are typically found near the equator.. FACTS ON THE RAINFOREST. The worlds largest Rainforest are in South America, Africa ,and southeast Asia. . What do you already know…... THINK. PAIR. SHARE. A community of plants and animals and the environment they live in.. Key question . What is an ecosystem?. Today we are learning to….. Identify and define key terms.. What is a Rainforest?. Rainforests . are very dense, . wet and warm forests. . They are called a ‘rain’ forest because they have a rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 . centimeters. ) each year. . 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 . Tropical forests are characterized by the greatest diversity of species. They occur near the equator. Because the equator is evenly heated by the sun, the average temperatures of the three warmest and three coldest months do not differ by more than 5 degrees. . . rainforest. early. in . the. . morning. The sun . heats up . the tropical rainforest in the morning.. Zenithal. . rainfall. late. in . the. . morning. The hot air . rises. and the water . evaporates. The Fiji Pearl Development Pla. n. was introduced June 7. th. 2017 at World Oceans day by the Fiji Government as one of 16 Voluntary commitments towards the implementation of Sustainable Goal 14.. 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 ?. An ecosystem is a natural system in which the living parts (biotic) e.g. plants (flora) and animals (fauna) and non-living parts (abiotic) e.g. water, air, sunlight, soil and rock interact and are interdependent (rely upon each other). .