Tropical rainforest

Submitted by: Stefan Ryan V. Delfin

Clarisse joy de Guzman

Marsha Nakaerts

Submitted to: Sir Henry Calilung

OUTLINE

I. Tropical rainforest characteristics

II. Tropical rain forest strata

III. Importance of Tropical rainforest

IV. References

V. Quiz

Tropical rainforest

• very dense, warm, wet forest• This is the earth’s complex biome• large forest biome located in the

Earth’s equatorial zone• Are the predominant natural

Vegetation throughout the wet topics

Characteristics

• almost always raining in a tropical rainforest • get over 80 inch. (2 m) of rain each year• the soil is only about 3-4 inches thick and isancient • soil is richer in nutrients

Characteristics (continued)

• Philippines

• South America

• Africa

• Southern Asia

• Emergents, Canopy, Understory, and the forest floor

Strata of the RainforestStarting at the top, the strata are:

• covers about 7% of the Earth’s surface and are VERYimportant to the Earth’s ecosystem• recycle and cleans water• trees and plants also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere• affects the greenhouse effect• people eat the food that the forest produces• some plants in the rain forest can cure illnesses

The Importance of Rainforests

References:

• Biblio cards• http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/• http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/rainforest/rainfrst.html• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm• Microsoft Encarta premium suite 2005

Quiz

1) What biome did we reported on?

2) Where does a tropical rain forest is found?

3) Give one characteristics for tropical rain forest.4) What are the 5) four layers 6) of the tropical 7) rain forest8) Give two importance9) of the tropical rain10) forest