2. TROPICAL RAINFORESTS  BIOMES  SCIENCE 8  10/26/07  BIOMES  SCIENCE 8  10/26/07

3. TROPICAL RAINFOREST LOCATION  ALMOST ALL TROPICAL RAINFORESTS LIE NEAR THE EQUATOR.  LOCATED IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA.

4. TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLIMATE  AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 50 TO 400 INCHES YEARLY.  TEMPERATURE RAELY GETS HIGHER THAN 93 DEGREES OR DROPS BELOW 68 DEGREE.

5. TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLIMATE  HUMIDITY IS BETWEEN 77% AND 88% PRODUCES 40% OF THE WORLDS OXYGEN.

6. 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!

7. 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.

8. TREES AND MORE TREES!  70% OF ALL PRODUCERS IN THE RAINFOREST ARE TREES.

9. 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.

10. EMERGENT LAYER  TREES SPACED WIDE APART AND ARE 100 TO 240 FEET TALL.  UMBRELLA SHAPED CANOPIES THAT GROW ABOVE THE FOREST

11. 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.

12. 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

13. FOREST FLOOR  COMPLETELY SHADED.  FEW SHRUBS AND PLANTS GROW  LESS THAN 1% OF LIGHT REACHES FLOOR  MANY DECOMPOSERS

14. PRODUCERS  AS STATED MANY TREES.  OVER 2,500 SPECIES OF VINES  EPIPHYTES: (ORCHIDS)  SHRUBS

15. PRODUCERS

16. 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

17. CONSUMERS

18. INSECTS  INSECTS MAKE UP THE LARGEST SINGLE GROUP  BUTTERFLIES  MOSQUITOES  STICK INSECTS  ANTS

19. INSECTS