RAINFOREST'S

WHAT ?

• A rainforest is a forest with a substantial amount of rain
• With usually 250-450 cm of rainfall a year
• Almost double every other type of land

COMPARISON CHART TO LAND (INCHES)

WHAT IS THE CLIMATE LIKE ?

• The climate is very hot because they are close to the equater
• A lot of rain up to 450 cm a year
• A tropical climate hot but lots of rain
• Meaning tropical animals survive here
• Never really cold

PLANTS

• Large trees reaching to 40 metres tall !
• On the forest floor there are many swamps and rivers
• In order to survive plants must adapt to its surroundings
• These flowers and trees must survive through extreme amounts of rain
• And all the animals that eat of them

Epiphytes

• They are plants that grow everywhere but mainly on tree trunks
• It is called this because of the Greek word "epi" meaning upon and "phyton" meaning plant
• Different types of epiphytes may grow on the same tree
• including orchids, cacti, bromeliads, aroids, lichens, mosses and ferns
• They grow in a canopy from seeds or spores transported there by birds or winds.

ANIMALS

SLOTHS

• Sloths are extremely slow-moving mammals found in the rainforest canopies of Central and South America.
• Most sloths are about the size of a small dog and they have short, flat flat heads.
• Some sloths stay in the same tree for years.
• Their huge hooked claws and long arms allow them to spend most of their time hanging upside down from trees
• Since they have a slow metabolism, they need very little food

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THE ADAPTATION OF A POISON DART FROG

• They adapted through their body structure (adapted for jumping, searching for mates, escaping predators, ect.)
• their colors (warning away predators)
• their size (smaller frogs in areas with more trees, bigger ones for living on the ground)
• of course, their toxins. They're incredible creatures.
• In all these animals are small fast and are prey, but very good at escaping predators

FUN FACTS !

• More than 2,000 different species of butterflies are found in the rainforests of South America.
• 80% of the flowers in the Australian rainforests are not found anywhere else in the world.
• Flying animals of Asian rainforests include frogs, squirrels and snakes.
• The forests of Central Africa are home to more than 8,000 different species of plants
• Giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9 inches a day.

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