1. BY: Angelina Spampinato and Allie Sciortino
The Tropical rainforest AND
DEFORESTATION
BY: Angelina Spampinato and Allie Sciortino

2. Diagram of the Tropical Rainforest:

3. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest:
1. Emergent Layer
These are the giant trees that have huge mushroom-shaped crowns.
They enjoy the greatest amount of sunlight, but MUST endure high temperatures with low humidity, and strong winds.

5. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest(cont.) :
2. Canopy Layer
These trees form a constricted, continuous canopy feet above the ground.
The branches are often covered with other plants and connected with vines.
The canopy is an abode to 90% of the organisms found in the rainforest.

7. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest(cont.) :
3. Understory
Receives only 2-15% of the sunlight that the canopy attracts
Many popular house plants come from this layer

9. Parts of the Tropical Rainforest(cont.) :
4. Forest Floor
Very little grows except plants that adapt to very low light
It receives less than 2% of the sunlight
Fallen leaves, seeds, fruits, and branches decompose extremely quickly on the floor

11. Location: Covers 6% of the Earth’s surface
Located around the belt of the equator
Areas include:
Amazon Basin
Congo and lower regions of Africa
Southeast Asia
Central America
The Queensland Coast
Madagascar

13. Climate: Average temperature is more than 20 degrees Celsius
Temperature ranges from degrees Celsius
Has little variation in day length throughout the year
Has 250+ cm of rain during the year

14. Biological Diversity:
Refers to all of the different kinds of life on Earth
50% of all species are found in the tropical rainforests
Has provided many medicines to treat diseases

15. Animals: A wide variety that adapt to their surroundings
Use coloring to alert predators of their poison
Camouflage is also used to avoid predators

16. The Capybara: Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Spends much time in water
Capybaras feed on plant material, including aquatic plants
Live in family groups
Are active at dawn and dusk

18. The Chimpanzee: Pan troglodytes
Has a wide range of sounds and gestures for communication
They eat plant material (fruit, nuts, leaves, shoots, bark), eggs, and insects
They climb well but spend most of the time on the ground

20. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
Primarily tree-living birds
They eat fruits and seeds
While in flight, the bird begins to beat its wings at twice the normal speed, creating a whirring sound

22. Vegetation: Consists of the plants, jungle trees, and flowers
Often interacts with animals, birds, and insects
Most leaves have pointed ends so the water can drip off

23. Coccoloba: Coccoloba pubescens
Referred to as “Eve’s Umbrella”
Can grow up to 80 feet
Has large, veined ornamental leaves

24. Peacock Plant: Calathea makoyana
Well adapted to the low light of the forest floor
The leaves of the plant fold up at night
It has striking markings on the upper surface of the leaf

25. Ylang-Ylang: Cananga odorata
Located in southeast Asia
Can grow up to 80 feet
Leaves are used for some of the world’s most expensive perfumes

26. Deforestation:
The removal of a forests where the land is changed to a nonforest use
Reasons
Farmland
Logging
Road building
Grazing lands
Paper

27. Deforestation (cont.):
Population growth intensifies deforestation
Displaces people of the forest
We lose important knowledge of plants and animals

28. Deforestation and the Rainforest:
Removes vegetation
1 ½ acres of land are lost every second
Deforestation is used for logging, creating grazing land, and firewood

29. How can WE stop deforestation?:
Advocating and participating in recycling programs
Use less paper
Implementing preventative legislation
Eat less meat
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!!!!!

30. Thank you for your time
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