Trip to the Tropical Rain Forest

 Tropical Rain Forests of the World

  Before or after rain season, depending on location  Similar climate year-round Ideal Visit

  River cruises  Canopy tours  Parks and Wildlife Reserves  Eco-lodges Activities

  Rarely gets higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below 68 °F (20 °C)  Humidity is between 77 – 88%  Soil is infertile  cm of rainfall per year ( feet) Climate

 Precipitation/Year

 Temperature/Year

  Home of at least half of Earth’s plant and animal species  Provides 40% of oxygen on Earth but only covers 6% of Earth’s surface  A quarter of medicines comes from plants in tropical rain forests Unique Features

 Adaptation to Biome  Plants  Bark to protect against humidity  Due to high rainfall, plants developed “drip tips”  Animals  Due to competition, Toucans adapted by developed a long bill that allows it to reach food on branches and cut the fruit

 Characteristics Plants  Canopy is so big that not enough sunlight reaches ground to grow plants  Trees have vines tree to tree so animals can climb them  Plants have large leaves to capture sunlight  EX: Animals  Birds’ large beaks cool them off  A lot of animals that use echolocation are nocturnal to hunt  EX:

 Environmental Threat Deforestation  Tropical Rainforest trees are cut down for their lumber, which leads to loss of habitat for many animals  Visit the Tropical Rain Forest before the habitat is lost!

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