• The general location of Topical Rainforests are near the equator…

• i.e. Central America, South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indo- Malaysia

• Yearly Average Precipitation- 125 to 660 cm.• Yearly Average Temperature- 34 degrees C.

• Two common plants found in Tropical Rainforests are Bengal Bamboo and the Kapok Tree

• The Bengal Bamboo adapts to the environment by growing very tall very quickly so it receives enough rain and sun it needs to grow

Interesting Plants… part 2

• The Kapok Tree adapts to the environment by producing an obnoxious, foul smell that attracts the many bats that pollinate them.

• The King Cobra and the Bengal Tiger adapt to their environment in many ways…

• The King Cobra adapts to their environment by forming a shield-like cover when it feels threatened. It will also spit in the prey’s eyes that will kill it if it travels to the blood stream.

• The Bengal Tiger adapts to their environment because since those animals do not run quickly, it would rather catch very young or very old animals for food.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/lizard/Greeniguanaprintout.shtml

• There are actually four layers to a Rain Forest: Emergent level, the Upper Canopy, the Understory or Lower Canopy, and lastly, the Forest Floor.

• There are over 15,000,000 different species that belong to the Rainforest!

• There is little to no light in some sections of the Forest Floor due to the 3 other layers above it!

• In the Amazon River, there are actually a species of dolphins that exist there!

BibliographiesMap of Rain forests (Image). September, 22, 2010.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.orgT.Sibona. (Image). September, 22, 2010.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.orgToco Toucan. (Image). September, 21, 2010.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org“Tropical Rainforests.”Biomes of the world. Network for

instructional T.V. September, 21, 2010. http://www.teachersfirst.com

Wagler Pit Viper. (Image). September, 21, 2010. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org

Bibliographies part 2

• “Wheeling Jesuit University”. “Biomes.” Earth Floor. Wheeling Jesuit University. September, 21, 2010.http://www.coft.edu/

• “Tropical Rainforest.” Earth Floor. (n.p.) (n.d.) September 21, 2010 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rforest.html

• Biomes Home. (Image). 23 September, 2010. www.teachersfirstcom

• Man Walking Through Forest. (Image). 23 September, 2010 www.teachersfirst.com

• Bengal Tiger. (Image.) 23, September, 2010 www.bluplanetbiomes.org>

Bibliographies part 3

• R. Staatman. (Image.) 23, September, 2010. www.kidsnceas.ucs.edu

• Rainforest River (Image.) 23, September, 2010 www.cotf.edu