1. Biome: Tropical Forest Jane Stevenson

2. Common Names Wetlands Tropical Rain Forest Rain Forest Used to be: “jungle”

3. Typical Food Web

4. Where in the world? Central America  Amazon River Basin Africa  Zaire basin, West Africa, Madagascar Indo- Malaysia  west coast of India, Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Queensland, Australia

5. Map

6. Climate Year- round warmth An average of 50-260 inches of rain yearly Tropical wet biome group 68- 93 degrees F Humidity: 77-88%

7. Animals and Plants 100-300 species in one hectare (more than any other in the world) 70% of plants are trees Moths, tree frogs (camo) Poison tree frogs Snakes Birds Mammals

8. Adaptations to this Biome Ex) Tails for New World Monkeys Bright colors Sharp patterns Loud vocals Heavy fruit diet

9. Human Impact Deforestation – 1 hectare per second – An area larger than new york a day Road building Logging Cattle ranching Farming Mining

10. Some Fun Facts ¼ of all medicines we use come from the Tropical Rain Forest 1400 tropical plants are thought to be a potential cure to cancer

11. Bibliography http://www.tesarta.com/www/resources/library/ biomes.html http://www.tesarta.com/www/resources/library/ biomes.html http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.ht m http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.ht m http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/kru https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/?pa ge_id=100 https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/?pa ge_id=100 http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/ topics/rainforest.html#humans http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/ topics/rainforest.html#humans