...The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region that is warm all year long. Anywhere between 50 to 260 inches of rain falls a year. The temperature in a rainforest doesn't get higher than 93 degrees or drops below 68 degrees ; average humidity is between 77 and 88%;more often than not rainfall reaches 100 inches a year. There is usually a brief season of less rain. In monsoonal areas, there is a real dry season. Almost all rain forests lie near the equator. Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees...
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...Tropical Rainforest Hassan Gordon American Intercontinental University The Tropical Rainforest is a forest occurring in tropical areas of heavy rainfall. In the tropical rainforest most trees in the rainforest have wide buttress roots. Deforestation is a major problem caused by humans in the tropical rainforest. The government has cleared large areas of the Amazon Rainforest and encouraged people to move there. About 80% of the rainforests nutrients comes from trees and plants. Tropical Rainforest Tropical Rainforests are located around the equator, in areas with lots of rainfall, and where temperatures consistently stay near 80 degrees’ year round. Emergents are the tallest trees that are located in a tropical rainforest, which usually can stand well over 160 feet. You also have the canopy level which is a sea of leaves blocking lower levels from the sunlight. The canopy is here nearly half the animal population is, like the monkeys, birds, snakes, and also vines that lead up from lower levels that reach the sun. Then you have the shrub layer which has the most compacted plant growth, mostly plants, and ferns that do not require much sunlight to grow, then you have the forest floor that is mostly dark, and wet which contains a layer of rotting leaves and dead animals that have decomposed creating a thin mist full of nutrients. Biochemical cycles are the pathways in which the transformation, and transport of matter takes place. There are four areas categories that...
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...Tropical Rainforest Megan L. Cleveland SCI/256 JUNE 14, 2015 Mr. Davis Tropical Rainforest An ecosystem is a unique environment where every living thing is interdependent, and one of the most complex yet most interesting ecosystems in the world will be found in the rainforest. The dark and recessed thick plant growth make it one of the most moist places on Earth. If a person studies the plants and animals that compromise the rainforest ecosystem; a person can gain a basic understanding of why scientists and ecologists alike are concerned about the disappearing tropical jungles. Rain forests have the most complex and species rich ecosystems on Earth. A rain forest biome is very complex; including a myriad of different species or plants and animals that have all adapted to lots of rain. They have different levels of plants; the highest level are full of tall trees and they are for the closed canopy. Vines are the next level, such as orchids and epiphytes that grow high within the trees to reach more sun light. The lowest level belongs to the short trees and small plants, like ferns. At the base of it all is the forest floor; dark but full of life. Rainforests support more than eight thousand kinds of plant within their dense vegetation. Australian rainforests produce flowers that are not found in any other place in this world. At ground level of a rainforest, it is so dark it may seem like dusk at lunchtime because of the layers of leaves blocking the light....
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...The Tropical Rainforest is known for its biodiversity as it is home to many different types of plants and animals also referred to as Flora and Fauna (Hess, 2016). There are approximately 15 million different species of plants and animals thriving throughout this biome (Bioexpedition, 2012). In each level of the biome, there are different types of animals and plants because of the unique characteristics of each location (Bioexpedition, 2012). Tropical rainforests create a layered appearance separated into four levels (Hess, 2016): Emergent Layer Top Level: Consists of the tallest trees usually called “emergents” as they overlook the canopy layer (Hess, 2016). Canopy Level Middle Level: Consists of smaller trees that create the ongoing shade of the forests called “canopies” (Hess, 2016)....
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...ECOSYSTEMS: TROPICAL RAINFORESTS Kyle Faulkner AIU Online Environmental Science Laura Stepp March 25, 2012 Abstract This article focuses on the rainforest’s and its structure, both biotic and abiotic and the the cycles that gives us the ability to live on this Earth. There are a several different types of biomes that cover the vast surface of our planet, but one in particular is very important. The Tropical Rainforest can be described as a forest of tall trees that is located in areas that receive year-round warmth. 50 to 250 inches of rain fall on these areas on average and almost all Rain Forest are located in the equator region. Tropical Rainforest are extremely important because of the oxygen that they provide to our planet, about 40% and the types of plants that have cured diseases and have helped fight ailments. Sadly, only about 6% remains of the world’s tropical forest due to deforestation (Rainforestsos.org, 2012) Scientists estimate that over half of the world’s species inhabit the Rain Forest and this is why it is so import that this biome remains intact and preserved. The Amazon Rain Forest and the Rainforests in Costa Rica are examples of the biome that shelter thousands of plan t and animals species that have just as much of a right to be on Earth as we do. The structure of the Tropical Rainforest has many layer that shelter both biotic and abiotic forms. The emergent layer is at the very top, even above the canopy and is home to birds, insects, snakes...
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...The Climate of the Tropical rain forest is very humid the amount rainfall each year is 90 inches. There is a lot of rain in the tropical rain forest because it is very hot and wet and is close to the equator. the average temperature is 77 degrees fahrenheit it never drops below 64 degrees. Geographical features of the rainforest. There are different layers of the rainforest the the first and the top one is Emergent ther you will find tall trees in umbrella shape that are 100 to 240 feet tall. Then comes the upper canopy the trees here are 60 to 130 feet tall. There is lots of food in this layer. Most of the animals live here because of the amount of food on this layer. The understory or the lower canopy has about 60 foot trees at this...
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...Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem The tropical rainforests, such as the Amazon Rainforest are some of the richest environments in the world. They get their name because of the high amount of rainfall they get per year. The climate of a rainforest is very hot and humid, so all types of species must learn to adapt. A rainforest can hold as many as 80,000 plant species. Forty thousand of the Amazon Rainforest species regulate the whole planet’s climate. Anywhere between 40-100 species of trees can be found in about 108,000 square feet of land. The rainforests are rich in diverse types of trees for example, mosses, vines, flowers, and shrubs. These trees and plants sometimes find a new way to grow other than the ground. One example of...
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...Tropical rainforests are an unbelievably diverse and fascinating biome of planet earth there are many different regions of these rainforests however, they only cover approximately 6% of the earth’s surface. The rainforests are estimated to be the location to where more than half of all the plants and animals in the world reside. These areas are all situated on or near the equator where the heat is the most dependable over the planet some of the location include: South & Central America, Africa, Australasia & Oceana are part of the eight major different rainforests in these regions. 57% of the world’s tropical rainforests are found in Latin America, the largest rainforests of the world are in: Brazil South America, Zaire Africa and Indonesia South East Asia....
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...Although there are many rainforests in the world they are all around the single latitude: equator and between two other latitudes; Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn (where there is a lot of rainfall). The rainforests around the world are in many places - north and east of South America, West Africa, all of Indonesia and west India, most of Madagascar and north-west Australia. Although nowadays most rainforests are reasonably small some of the others are massive. For example the Amazon, in central South America, covers 1.7 billion acres of land. It spans across multiple countries: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The second largest tropical rainforest is the Congo Rainforest that is 500 million acres. Six nations share the Congo Rainforest and they are the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Daintree is another large rainforest that is almost 30 thousand acres. It is in Australia. Tropical rainforests are always located in areas were convectional rainfall occurs. Convectional rainfall happens when land warms up and that heats up the air above. That then causes the air to rise and expand, and whilst the air is rising it cools and then condenses. This, obviously, occurs a lot in tropical areas and...
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...becoming endangered in the rainforest because of deforestation and climate change. Of course there are many types of rainforests, including the tropical forest. “The Earth’s land has a diverse selection of forests, based on which vegetations and animals” (Svarney, and Svarney 79) each region has. All the different types of rainforests have there own climates, habitats and organisms, so each rainforest has there own way that the...
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...Ecosystems about How Rainforests Control the Environment. An ecosystem includes all of the living things such as plants and animals in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments (weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, and atmosphere). Ecosystems are the foundations of the Environment and they determine the health of the entire earth system. Rainforests are the Earth's oldest living ecosystems. They only cover 6 % of the Earth's surface but contain more than half of the world's plant and animal species. A Rainforest can be described as a tall, green, beautiful, tropical, compressed jungle. The reason it is called a "rain" forest is because of the high amount of rainfall it gets per year. The weather of a rain forest is very hot and humid so that the organism’s that exist there must learn to adapt to this climate. The tall, green, beautiful, tropical jungle doesn’t seem as perfect as it sounds there are some problems to the rainforest’s that shouldn’t be happening....
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...Brenton Bachemin Tropical Rainforest are home to over half of the world's species, all squeezed into a narrow strip of equatorial land. The tropical rainforest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. The temperature rarely gets higher than 90 F or drops lower than 68 F. It has high humidity averaging between 75 and 90%, and rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year. Almost all rainforest lie near the equator, with the world’s largest tropical rainforest located in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. The combination of warmth, humidity and moisture makes the tropical rainforest a suitable environment for many plants, trees and animals. It’s also an ideal environment for bacteria and other micro-organisms. Scientist have...
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...The land I brought in the Rainforest was 100,000 acres. The Rainforest surrounds the equator which causes its type of climate. The Rainforest is hot, rainy, humid and have a wet climate. The climate is very cool and produces very large quantities of precipitation. It has very light doldrums. This is what makes it a perfect environment for its biodiversity species. It is also great for bacteria and microorganisms. Microorganism they can quickly decompose substance on the forest ground. Some bacteria that can be found are acidophilic bacteria which have a large amount of water moving through the soil and make it acidic, and Mycorrhizae which is very diverse it is a supporter to plants by attaching it to their roots and assisting in the effectiveness...
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...The tropical rainy climate has two different climate areas, tropical wet and tropical wet-and-dry. Australia, India, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela are all countries and continents with tropical wet-and-dry climate areas. Tropical wet-and-dry climate areas are also known as savannas (grasslands). Savannas and/or tropical wet-and-dry climate areas are found near the equator, on outer edge of tropical wet climate areas. The largest tropical wet-and-dry climate areas are found in Africa, Brazil, and India. Tropical wet-and-dry climate areas only have two seasons a year. During the summer savannas have a wet season and during the winter savannas a dry season. The average temperature during wet seasons is seventy-seven fahrenheit. On the other hand the average temperature for dry season is sixty-eight fahrenheit. The changing climate is caused by changing winds and ocean currents....
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...1 Tropical Rainforest Unit 1 Individual Project Rosella Fyffe Jane Knapp 3-31-2013 2 Introduction I will be discussing the Tropical Rainforest, and writing about the abiotic components, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and the ecosystem function and structure. Also discussing the disturbance and how natural can bounce back after these types of disturbance. 3 Tropical Rainforest The ecosystem of the Tropical Rainforest is a community of living organisms such as plants, animals and microbes in conjunctions with the nonliving components of their environment such as air, water and mineral soil, interacting as a system. (http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem.com) Ecosystems are controlled both by external and internal factors. The external factors such as climate, this is the material which forms the soil and topography, and control the overall structure of an ecosystem and the way things work with in it. Other external factors are time, potential biota. The internal factors not only control ecosystem processes but are also controlled by them and are often subject to feedback loops. The resource inputs are generally controlled by external processes like climate and parent material. (http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem.com) The ecosystem processes, is when the energy and carbon enter ecosystems through photosynthesis, are incorporated into living tissue, transferred to other organisms. The biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together...
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