Biomes- The Rain Forest By: Zach Santilli, Vince Char, Alex Savchuk, and Owen Schmidt

Geological Features In equatorial and sub equatorial regions Relatively constant rainfall Rain forests receive at least 200cm of rain annually, but some can receive up to 600cm of rain Lots of trees, lakes, grassland, and waterfalls

Temperature The temperature is any where from 20°C to 33°C The average temperature is 25°C

Types of Plants Maidenhair Fern Broad leaf shrubs Dwarf palms Bromeliads Parrot Flowers Philodendron Passion Flowers Evergreen Trees

Types of Animals Orangutan Gorilla Boa Constrictor Caiman Red Eyed Tree Frog Poison Dart Frog Toucan Quetzal

Human Impact Cutting down rain forests for resources and to build roads Destroying animals habitats when the trees (their homes) are cut down Rainforests used to cover 16% of the Earth’s surface but now only cover 6% 37 plant, animal and insect species go extinct every day due to deforestation. That is 50,000 species a year

Commercial Value Medical –By 1980 sales of rainforest plant-based drugs in the United States got to $4.5 billion annually –It is estimated that there are at least 330 new drugs that can still be found in the rainforest with a value of $3 billion to $4 billion to a pharmacy and $147 billion to the world

Commercial Value (cont.) Land Profits –Rainforest converted to cattle operations (farms) are worth $60 per acre –Timber harvest (choppin trees) will give the owner $400 per acre –When an owner harvests sustainable and renewable resources the land can offer $2,400 an acre

Where Are The Rainforests?

Climate Map -notice where the rainforests are

Works Cited Google Images The Red AP Bio Text book