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Tropical Rainforest
Location!
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Near the equator
Central America
South America
Africa
Indo-Malaysia
Environment
• 75⁰F
• Wet Season & Dry Season (not 4 seasons)
• 100 inches of precipitation
• Thin, poor soil
(because of all
the rain)
Crested Green Basilisk
• Has flat, wide feet to run on the surface of the
water
Ceiba Tree
Ceiba Tree
Leaf Cutter Ants
Sunlight Challenge
• The foliage(leaves & branches) of the
rainforest is very thick
• Not much sunlight is able to reach the forest
floor.
• Therefore, there are few plants on the forest
floor
Epiphyte
• Epiphytes are plants that grow on trees or
other plants but do not get their nutrition
from those plants