I have currently been building a life in the deep parts of the tropical rainforest. Things here are very different from home. They don’t have regular seasons here like places normally do. Spring, summer, fall, and winter are non-existent; instead, they have wet seasons and dry seasons. Both wet and dry last 6 months each. The wet season lasts from December-May, and gets 6-12 feet of rain during this period! The dry season lasts from June-August, and gets about 6 inches of rain. Most of the time when you imagine the rainforest in your head you see bright colored flowers, and exotic plants. The agriculture here is nothing less than how you picture it. One plant the forest produces that is a common favorite, is the coconut tree. The palms grow rapidly so they can consume the most sun possible. The spreading of the seeds help species with daily survival. Another plant that really catches the eye is the Hot Lips. It is a vibrant red colored flower that lives under the canopy in the rainforest. Birds are attracted to the flower by its bright color. This brings them to pollinate and disperse seeds. My personal favorite is the passion flower. This is a pink, yellow, maroon, and white blossom that grows with the vines in the canopy. It gets the name “passion” because of the rings of nectar. The ring of nectar looks like the crown of thorns that Jesus wore during the crucifixion. Wildlife in the rainforest is the most phenomenal thing of all. There are so many different species of
The Interdependence of plants, animals, and humans is integral in the Amazon Rainforest ecosystem of the tropical rainforest biome. The key features of the Amazon Rainforest is the Amazon River. The Amazon Rainforest goes through Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and many other countries. Colombia has 10%, Brazil has 60%, and Peru has 13%. 80-90 degrees during the day and 50 degrees at night is the temperature of the Amazon Rainforest. There are dry and wet seasons. it gets 9 to 10 feet of rain a year. The terrain is in the Amazon Rainforest are rocky mountains, wetlands , plains, valleys, rivers, streams, and highlands. The dirt is poor with very few nutrients and it is very muddy. It is also dense with trees and rotting logs. The thin topsoils, made of decaying vegetable and animal parts, take up all the nutrients. In the Amazon Rainforest there 's the Congo River, the Rio Negro, and the Amazon River.
“The Flowers” by Alice Walker is a short story written in the 1970’s. The story focuses on Myop, a ten year old African American girl who loves to explore the land in which she lives. Carefree and naïve, Myop decides to travel further away from her ‘Sharecropper cabin’ and travels deep inside the woods to unfamiliar land where she discovers the decomposed body of an African American man. It is then Myop quickly grows up and suddenly becomes aware of the world in which she lives. The story relies on setting and symbolism to convey the theme of departing innocence.
Below the understory there is a woody shrub layer and non-woody herb layer (citation). An adaptation present in many trees native to this area is the “drip-tip”. This is advantageous because if water is allowed to sit on leaves and then the hot sun returns - it can easily burn the leaves causing the trees to be stressed and often defoliate. The other limiting factor that determines the type of vegetation present in the tropical rainforest is soil.
The flora and fauna in this rain forest adds the beauty to this special amazing place. The boat ride in the river while watching different species of birds and animals makes the adventure fantastic and this Amazon Jungle has many un touched sites that are rarely interrupted by the humans.
According to rainforestanimals.net it states, "A wide variety of life including insects and larger animals living in ( Rainforest floor) this layer include Jaguars, Bengal Tigers, Okapis, and Southern Cassowaries". Also according to rainforestanimals.net they wrote " Animals that inhabit the rainforest canopy include Lemurs, Spider Monkeys, Sloths, Toucans, Oranguans, and Parrots". Another thing rainforestanimals.net says is that " Animals that inhabit emergent trees include a variety of insects, some species of bats, and some species of birds including the Harpy Eagles. Lastly, the reliable source of rainforestanimals.net they say, " Many animals have special adaptions that allow them to live in tropical conditions, but would not survive outside the ecosystem. These animals include but are not limited to Toucans, Parrots, Sloths, Orangutans, Gorillas, and Lemurs". What all these quotes tell you is that the Amazon Rainforest is one of the many forests that support and protect most of the animals on our planet. This also shows how it has many creature who adapt to its conditions show that they may be able to survive and grow in a peculiar
In the season spring it is rainy, hot, wet, and steamy. As you can see from the map, the tropical rainforests are indeed located in the tropics a band around the equator from 23.5 N (the Tropic of Cancer) to 23.5 S (the Tropic of Capricorn because the earth tilts 23.5 degrees on its axis as it travels around the sun at some point in the year (June 22nd in the north, December 22nd in the south) the sun will be directly overhead on one of these lines. At the equinoxes the sun is directly over the equator. Thats what makes the rainforest so
Butterflies are the most beautiful insects in the rainforest in my opinion. A few examples of butterfly species that live there are the clear-wing butterfly, owl butterfly ,
I decided to do my presentation on biomes but not just any biome, I decided on the Tropical Rainforest. The tropical rainforest biome is an ecosystem that covers 6 percent of the earth. They are found all over the earth but the majority lie in South America. Tropical rainforests are defined by their hot and wet climate. The average temperature in this area is around 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. These areas often get up to 12 hours of sunlight due to being located on the Earths equator. Obviously, since it’s called a rainforest, it gets a lot of rain. Most rainforests get up to 100 inches of rain annually. Because of this warm, wet climate, the rainforest is an ideal habitat for a wide range fauna and flora. Some examples of the fauna that live
There are also over 40,000 plant species; they don't call the Amazon "the lungs of the planet" for nothing. The rainforest plays an important role in maintaining local and worldwide climate. Yet, rampant deforestation is killing off native species of plants and animals. Industries, like agriculture, logging and mining, http://globalpublicpolicywatch.org/2014/01/14/deforestation-logging-and-mining-a-deadly-combination-for-the-amazon-rainforest/ are invasive and environmentally
It possesses the greatest biodiversity of plants and animals in the world. Considering the sun hits the area surrounding the equator no matter the tilt, there are no seasons in the tropical rainforest. The quality of the soil is poor with very little nutrients due to rain washing away the minerals and nutrients before they can be retained within the ground. As well, this biome consists of a canopy of trees. The plants grow in many layers to absorb most of the sunlight, and so light will rarely make its way onto the forest floor.
Not only is the rainforest filled with various plant life. It also is the habitat for thousands of different breeds
Tropical Rainforests are located nearest to the Earth’s Equator; they take up 7% of space on the earth’s surface. Tropical Rainforests are found in places like South America, Africa, South East Asia, and Australia. Tropical Rainforests are viewed as natures global powerhouses, this is due to the amount of 60-160 inches of rain that they produce each year, which then gets distributed all over the planet. The constant rain combined with the warmth of tropical rainforests which ranges from 21°-30° Celsius makes a habitable environment for many species’.
The tropical Rainforest is a forest of tall trees in an area of warmth during the whole year. On average, 125 – 660 cm of rain falls annually. Rain forests belong to the wet climate group. The temperature inside a rainforest will more than likely not get over 34 degrees, or drop below 20 degrees. Humidity in the tropical areas is in the high 70’s and low 80’s. Almost all rainforests are close to the equator if not through the equator. Rainforests now only cover less than 6% of Earths surface area. This causing deforestation and endangering species towards extinction. Rainforests that are tropical produce more than 40% of the oxygen on Earth. A rainforest has the most unique trees than any area other biome in the world. Scientists have discovered
More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the world's freshwater is in the Amazon Basin.
The roots of rainforest trees and vegetation help anchor the soil. When trees are cut down there is no longer anything to protect the ground and soils are quickly washed away with rain. The process of washing away of soil is known as erosion.