WELCOME TO THE RAINFOREST

BY DUILIO AND NICOLE

• A biome is a community of plants and animals that have similar requirements for the environments condition.

BIOME DEFINITION

• South and central America• Africa • Asia • Australia

LOCATION

• Warm temperature and high annual rainfall.

• Temperature range – 68 F to 93 F

• Precipitation – 50 to 260 inches

annually

CLIMATE

• Orchids• Bromeliads• Venus Fly Trap• Strangler Fig• Buttress Roots

– Roots are as high as 15 feet above ground so they can get nutrients from the soil.

PLANTS

• Toucan• Macaw• Sloth• Morpho butterfly• Poison arrow frog

– poison

ANIMALS

Animals of the Rainforest. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2014, from Learnig about Rainforest: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/animals.html

Biome . (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2014, from Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biome

Macaw. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2014, from http://whozoo.org/Intro2000/melibear/MiliScarMacawFWZ010801b49.JPG

Morpho butterfly. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2014, from https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7052/7023938029_39739477f2_z.jpg

Plants of the Rainforest. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2014, from Learning About Rainforests : http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/plants.html

Poison Arrow Frog. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2014, from http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBFUJ2HXv-s/T8kNYpA9A3I/AAAAAAAAA3A/9wvVQgVrflg/s1600/Green_Poison_Dart_Frog.jpg

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rainforest. (n.d.). Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.tokresource.org/tok_classes/enviro/syllabus_content/2.4_biomes/Tropical_Rainforest_Lacey_Creek_Queensland_Australia_1400x1050_5116.jpg

Rainforest Rain. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b88ni5d8URI/T1iCtyRkckI/AAAAAAAAEZw/dxOsxEbiX_w/s1600/3+(3).gif

Rainforest Waterfall. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://image.slidesharecdn.com/scienceprojectamanda-130224231419-phpapp02/95/slide-1-638.jpg?cb=1361769338

Sloth. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2014, from http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/194/6/9/baby_sloth_by_violetadams-d6dbtl7.jpg

Toucan. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2014, from http://1hdwallpapers.com/wallpapers/colorful_tucan.jpg

Tropical Rainforest. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2014, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest#Climate

World Map. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://joberts12.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/file/view/Map%20of%20Rainforest.JPG/418125158/615x435/Map%20of%20Rainforest.JPG

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