Tropical Rainforest Biome
By, Bailey Gage
Weather
In the tropical rainforest it is very hot and humid. It makes tropical rainforests a good place for bacteria and microorganisms. The organisms stay active all year long, and they quickly decompose matter on the forest floor. In tropical rainforest plants grow so fast that they rapidly consume the nutrients from the decomposed leaf litter. So, most of the nutrients are contained in the trees and other plants rather than in the soil. Most nutrients that are absorbed into the soil are leached out by the abundant rainfall, and leaves the soil infertile and acidic.
Aniamls in the Tropical Rainforest
- Slow Loris-Mammal-Primates
- Gorilla-Mammal-Primates
- Flying Dragon-Mammal-Lizards and Snakes
- Crested Guan-Omnivore-Game Birds
- Common Tree Shrew-Mammal-Tree Shrew
- Chimpanzee-Mammal-Primates
- Capybara-Mammal-Rodents
- Bearded Pig-Mammal-Even toed Ungulates
Little Facts :)
Rain Rain Go Away...
Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen. Also the rainforest gets between 50-270 inches of rain each year! Thats 10* the amount we get here, maybe even more!!
Trees? They've got 'em.
A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100 to 300 species in one 2 1/2-acre (1-hectare) area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees.
You name it, they got it.
A four-square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 1500 species of flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 125 species of mammals, 400 species of birds, 100 species of reptiles, 60 species of amphibians, and 150 species of butterflies. More than 50% of the world's plant and animal species inhabit the 7% of the world that is covered in rainforest.
Did you know....
The rainforest is the most ecologically rich of the world's biomes. Rainforest take up only 75 of earth's land areas and are normally found at the equatorial level of Earth. Daylight in the rainforest lasts 12 hours, there is no winter, and the seasons can best be described as rainy, or dry, with almost no change in the temperature. Yup, that means NO SNOW! I know crazy right? The rainforest is home for the largest variety of life forms in all nature, it has thousands of different species of trees, plants, flowers, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, invertebrates and micro-organisms. Many of the animals in the rainforest are highly adapted to their very competitive and diverse environment, most actually have developed camouflage or strong defenses methods, which are by colorful markings.