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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS BIOMES SCIENCE 8 10/26/07 BIOMES SCIENCE 8 10/26/07
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TROPICAL RAINFOREST LOCATION ALMOST ALL TROPICAL RAINFORESTS LIE NEAR THE EQUATOR. LOCATED IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA.
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TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLIMATE AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 50 TO 400 INCHES YEARLY. TEMPERATURE RAELY GETS HIGHER THAN 93 DEGREES OR DROPS BELOW 68 DEGREE.
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TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLIMATE HUMIDITY IS BETWEEN 77% AND 88% PRODUCES 40% OF THE WORLDS OXYGEN.
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TROPICAL RAINFOREST FUN FACT #1 COVER 6% OF THE EARTH’S LAND SURFACE BUT CONTAINS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL THE WORLD’S ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES!
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TROPICAL RAINFOREST PRODUCERS TROPICAL RAINFORESTS HAVE MORE SPECIES OF TREES THAN ANY OTHER AREA IN THE WORLD! SCIENTIST HAVE COUNTED ABOUT 100 TO 300 SPECIES IN A 2 1/2 ACRE AREA IN SOUTH AMERICA. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS HAVE MORE SPECIES OF TREES THAN ANY OTHER AREA IN THE WORLD! SCIENTIST HAVE COUNTED ABOUT 100 TO 300 SPECIES IN A 2 1/2 ACRE AREA IN SOUTH AMERICA.
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TREES AND MORE TREES! 70% OF ALL PRODUCERS IN THE RAINFOREST ARE TREES.
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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS LAYERS THERE ARE FOUR DISTICT LAYERS OF TREES IN THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST THEY ARE THE : EMERGENT LAYER,UPPER CANOPY, UNDERSTORY AND FOREST FLOOR.
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EMERGENT LAYER TREES SPACED WIDE APART AND ARE 100 TO 240 FEET TALL. UMBRELLA SHAPED CANOPIES THAT GROW ABOVE THE FOREST
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UPPER CANOPY TREES GROW 60 TO 130 FEET ALLOW A LOT OF LIGHT TO BE EASILY AVAILABLE AT THIS LAYER. MOST OF THIS BIOMES CONUMERS LIVE HERE MUCH FOOD AVAILABLE.
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UNDERSTORY MADE UP OF TREES OF AN NO MORE THAN 6O FEET IN HIEGHT, TRUNKS OF CANOPY TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS AND SMALL TREES. VERY LITTLE AIR MOVEMENT, HIGH HUMIDITY AND MUCH SHADE
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FOREST FLOOR COMPLETELY SHADED. FEW SHRUBS AND PLANTS GROW LESS THAN 1% OF LIGHT REACHES FLOOR MANY DECOMPOSERS
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PRODUCERS AS STATED MANY TREES. OVER 2,500 SPECIES OF VINES EPIPHYTES: (ORCHIDS) SHRUBS
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PRODUCERS
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CONSUMERS MANY CONSUMERS: INCLUDING MAMMALS SUCH AS MONKIES AND SLOTHS. BIRDS SUCH AS THE TUCAN AND PARROT REPTILES: SNAKES AMPHIBIANS; TREE FROGS AND SALAMANDERS MANY CONSUMERS: INCLUDING MAMMALS SUCH AS MONKIES AND SLOTHS. BIRDS SUCH AS THE TUCAN AND PARROT REPTILES: SNAKES AMPHIBIANS; TREE FROGS AND SALAMANDERS
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CONSUMERS
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INSECTS INSECTS MAKE UP THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP BUTTERFLIES MOSQUITOES STICK INSECTS ANTS
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INSECTS
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