By: Dan Weed, Derek Trombley, Ryan McNiel, And Patrick DeGeorge
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By: Dan Weed,Derek Trombley, Ryan McNiel,
And Patrick DeGeorge
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The Amazon:
• Is the world’s largest Tropical rain forest, covering the entire Amazon river basin (around 2 million square miles).
• Has the most variety of species than anywhere in the world.
• ¼ of all medicines come from the Amazon
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The Amazon has a dry season (Jun-Nov.) and a wet season (Dec.-May); humid & hot all year long!
Temp. in the rainforest stays at a steady 23.5 degrees Celsius
The rainforest has an annual rainfall of 4 meters in every location of the rainforest.
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• No Predominant Plants! It’s too diverse!
Layers
-Emergent: top layer of trees
-Upper canopy: where most animals live
-Lower canopy: Little air movement, high humidity
-Forest floor: less then 1 percent of the sunlight reaches this layer.
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Angel’s wingsCattleya Maxima
Heliconia psittacorum
Monsteras Cattleya Maxima“Santa Maria” Pepper
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Cercropia
Kapok Tree
Brazil Nut Tree
Fig Tree
Chicle (chewing gum) Tree
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Three-Toed Sloth Eats: Fruits and leaves
Howler MonkeyEats: Flowers, fruits, and leaves
Leafcutter antsEats: Fungus (NOT LEAVES!!)
CapybaraEats: Grasses, melons, and water plants
TapirEats: Leaves and small branches
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Giant AnteaterEats: Ants/Insects
TarantulaEats: Insects, birds, mice, lizards frogs and other tarantulas
OcelotEats: Monkeys, rodents, reptiles, and fish
Giant River OtterEats: Fish, Caiman, and birds
Black CaimanEats: Piranha and Capybara
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PiranhasEats: Seeds, insects, fish, and wounded animals
Golden Lion TamarinEats: Fruit, insects, spiders, lizards, frogs, and snakes
ToucanEats: Fruit, seeds, insects, reptiles, and frogs
KinkajouEats: Fruit, leaves, insects, bird’s eggs, birds, and frogs
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JAGUARS
ANACONDASHARPY EAGLEEats: Monkeys, sloths, and other birds
Eats: Caimans, fish, and birds
Eats: Tapirs, caimans, giant river otter, and fish
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Vegetation
3-Toed Sloth
Harpy Eagle
Vegetation
Leafcutter ants
Anteater
Jaguar
Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation
Tapir
Jaguar
Howler Monkey
Ocelots
Anaconda
Capybara
Caiman
Anaconda
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Food Web
Vegetation
Tapirs
Leafcutter Ants
3 Toed Sloth
Harpy Eagle
Toucan
Jaguar Anaconda
Howler Monkeys
Capybara
Kinkajou
Anteaters
Golden Lion Tamarin Piranha
Giant River OtterBlack Caiman
Tarantula
Ocelot
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