Biome Rainforest Project -CD
"Rainforest Biome" -Clayton Davis
Biome Description
Central America, Amazon River Basin, Madagascar, Australia and Nearby islands. High rain fall and constant temperature.
Abiotic Factors
64º -- 80º Is the temperature. With very humid climate. Hot and wet is the weather. There is near 100 inches of rainfall a year. LANDFORMS 14% earths land, 6% of land features mountains, valleys, flood plains, streams, rivers, and a little bit of wetlands.
Biotic Factors
Rainforests are populated with insects (like butterflies and beetles), arachnids (like spiders and ticks), worms, reptiles (like snakes and lizards), amphibians (like frogs and toads), birds (like parrots and toucans) and mammals (like sloths and jaguars). Different animals live in different strata of the rainforest.
40,000 plant species
Banana. ... Orchid. ... Coffee. ... Brazil Nut Tree. ... Poinsettia. ... Cacao. ... Rubber Tree. ... Heliconia.
10 common plant species
Ecological concerns or issues
Wild fires, Deforestation, wind, flooding and geological activity.