1. Tropical Rainforest
Marlee Drumheller

2. Characteristics Climate 250 cm per year Mean temp above 64° F
Very humid
Hot and wet
Latitude:
Near equator within 20 degrees
More sunlight

3. Flora Emergent Layer Canopy Understory Forest Floor Trees up to 164 ft
Blocks and absorbs most sunlight
Makes up most plant life
Understory
Smaller trees
Very little light
Forest Floor
Sparse plant growth

4. Fauna Highly Diverse Common characteristics of bird and mammals
Bright colors
Sharp patterns
Loud vocalization
Diet heavy on fruits
Over species
Many still unknown

5. Rainforests of the World
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn

6. Plants Common Name Scientific Name Bengal Bamboo
Spineless Indian Bamboo
Scientific Name
Bambusa Tulsa

7. Plants Common Name Scientific Name Tualang Tree Honey Bee Tree
Common Name
Tualang Tree
Honey Bee Tree
Scientific Name
Koompassia excelsa

8. Plants Common Name Scientific Name Jambu Water Rose Apple
Syzygium aqueum

9. Plants Common Name Scientific Name Curare Chondrodendron tomentosum

10. Plants Common Name Scientific Name Durian Durio zibethinus

11. Plants Common Name Scientific Name Strangler Figs Ficus ssp.

12. Animals Common Name Scientific Name African Forest Elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis

13. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris

14. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Slender Loris
Loris tardigradus malabaricus

15. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

16. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu

17. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Toco Toucan Pamphastos toco

18. Animals Common Name Scientific Name King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah

19. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Wagler’s Pit Viper
Tropidolaemus wagleri

20. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Green Tree Ant
Oecophylla smaragdina

21. Animals Common Name Scientific Name Monkey Frog Phyllomedusa bicolor

22. Species(only some)

23. Adaptations Many creatures Camouflage Bright Colors Specialization
Many creatures
Must compete for food sunlight and space
Camouflage
Stick bugs and butterflies
Boa constrictor
Three toed sloth
Bright Colors
Poison arrow frogs
Specialization
Toucans
Parrots

24. Food Web

25. Climatogram

26. Websites