Tropical rainforests

Tropical rainforests contains the most diverse ecosystems of any biome, containing over half of the world’s flora and fauna species despite only covering less than 6% of the earth’s surface. Ecosystems have flourished here because of plentiful rainfall (over 100mm per year) a humid but consistent temperature (http://www.blue planetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm). All this combines to something of a nightmare to live in, especially for someone who has never experienced it before. So whether your plane

Topper Due 10/27/2016 Small Paper 2 The Earth is losing “upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily.” To put this into perspective this is 1/9 of the size of the state of Rhode Island that is being destroyed daily. Not only is the destruction of the rain forest causing problems for only the organisms living within the rainforest but also for people and industries worldwide. We need to save our rainforests so that we can continue to survive and also help the animals that live within the

The vegetation dominated biome, commonly known as the tropical rainforest, inhabits the most known and unknown plant and animal species in the world. The biome is located at the lower end of the equator, which brings constant warm and wet weather conditions during the daytime. Many tropical rainforests are located in the Central America and Australia regions. Overall, the Tropical Rainforest has great biodiversity and constant temperatures that make it such a distinct biome. As a result of the

Rainforests around the world were once the most popular and most talked about parts of our ecosystem. From prominent rainforests in Brazil, all the way to Costa Rica, the devastation caused by deforestation is well known and right now it seems as if the effects are to an extent ignored. It is averaged that every second, 1 and a half acres of rainforest land is cut down. It is said that a great amount of the undiscovered plants and animals will not have a chance at being discovered, the ozone

The earth’s tropical forests are major contributors to the treatment of diseases and the relief of suffering. Covering only 6% of the Earth's surface, tropical moist forests contain at least half of all species. Rainforest plants are the source of compounds useful for medicinal purposes. The abundant plant resources of tropical forests have already provided solid medical advances, yet only 1% of the known plant species have been thoroughly examined for their medicinal potentials. 70% of the 3000

that Australia contains fragments of tropical forests that 15 million years ago may have spanned both Australia and Antarctica. The scattered rainforests contain elements characteristic of all forest categories. The result is a variety of plant communities that are extremely diverse. Throughout the forest over 700 species of plants and animals can be discovered (Queensland Tropical Forests, 2015).In the article, Recruitment dynamics of invasive species in rainforest habitats following Cyclone Larry

The biome I have chosen is the Tropical Rainforest. The tropical rainforest has two different seasons: a dry season and wet season. The rainforest does not have the four seasons we go through here in the deciduous forest. The dry and wet seasons usually last for about six months. The dry season is where there is a low amount of rainfall and the wet season is where there is a large amount. Here in the rainforest you can find many different animals. There is the African Forest Elephant its weighs around

A Rainforest is a dense growing broad-leaved evergreen trees it is also known as a tall and strong jungle. The reason it is called a rainforest is because of the various amount of rainfall that it get in a year. The climate of a rain forest is very hot and humid so the animals and plants that exist there must learn to adapt to this climate. Rainforest can be found at places with high biodiversity. Biodiversity is variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level

The role of tropical rainforest in water cycle The tropical rainforest plays a significant role in regulating the water cycle on earth, through transpiration and evaporation process. Transpiration is the water vapour loss from plants through stomata, and evaporation is the water loss from all other part of plants but leaves and other living things in the forest. Evapotranspiration are the accumulation of transpiration and evaporation in the forest. During transpiration, trees suck water from soil

The tropical rainforest is located near the equator and 50% are founded in Latin America. Brazil contains one third of the world’s tropical rainforest and the rest are located in either Southeast Asia , the Pacific Islands or West Africa. The tropical rainforest is consumed by tall trees, who get an average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) of rain falls yearly. The rainforest belongs to a wet climate group in which the temperature does not normally gets higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below