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1 Rainforest Tropic regions, near the equator
Description: Warm year round RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN!

2 Weather 65 to 95 °F 100 to 300 inches per year

3 Plants Bamboo Ferns Coconut tree Palm tree Banana tree Strangler fig
Kapok tree

4 Plant Adaptations Have fruit or flowers for reproduction Smooth bark
Broad, waxy leaves Large leaves to soak up sunlight

5 Animals Frogs Snakes Bats Jaguar Salamander Monkey Ape Parrot
Lots of insects

6 Animal Adaptations Live in trees to avoid predators
Find shelter from rain Withstand high temperatures and rainfall Feed on insects Camouflage

7 Biodiversity The biodiversity is the highest in this biome: 10

8 Abiotic Factors Rain, rain and more rain Warm temperatures Humid air
Sun or shade

9 Food Chain Plant Insect Frog Snake

10 Other Interesting Facts
Rainforests account for less than 6% of Earth’s land surface 25% of all medicine comes from rainforest plants Has more species of trees than any other biome New species are discovered every day in the rainforest Produce 40% of Earth’s Oxygen


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