The Rainforest

An Interactive Powerpoint by:Mandie VerburgEd. 205 Section 09

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Layers of the Rainforest:•Forest Floor•Understory•Canopy•Emergents

Rainforest Facts:•Destruction•Animals

The Rainforest

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The Forest FloorThe forest floor is a very warm and humid place to live. Hardly any sunlight reaches this area so many plants that only need a small amount of light grow here such as ferns and mosses.

Some of the animals that live here include; tapirs, jaguars, tarantulas, ants, elephants

scorpions, warthogs, and anacondas.

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The UnderstoryThe understory is a very damp and hot place to live. It is located in the lower branches and tree trunks of trees in the rainforest. Birds and monkeys travel through this area when looking for food. Small plants and flowers grow here also.

The animals that live here include; bees, snakes, frogs, and leopards.

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The CanopyThe canopy is the upper parts of all the trees in the rainforest. 70-90% of animals live in the

canopy! The canopy protects the lower parts of the forest by providing shade and

protection from the heavy rains. The leaves in the canopy provide the

source of power for the forest by converting sunlight to energy through protosynthesis.

Want to see how protosynthesis works? Click here!

The animals that live in the canopy include; macaws, orangutans, howler

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The EmergentThe Emergent is the tip-tops of all of the trees in the rainforest. The trees in the emergent tower over everything, averaging around 270 feet in the air! These trees are covered in direct sunlight.

The animals found in the emergent include many types of birds such as the harpy eagle, macaws, and parrots.

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Destruction of the Rainforests

1.5 acres of rainforest are lost every second. If this

continues the rainforest will be depleted in merely 40 years.The rainforests used to cover 15%

of the Earth’s surface, now after human intervention they only cover 7%.It is estimated that we lose over

100 species of animals a day due to rainforest destruction.Watch a video on the destruction of rainforests and its impact on the world. Click Here.

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The Animals of the Rainforest

In one single tree in the Amazon rainforest you can find over 200 different types of insects.The howler monkey that lives in the rainforest is the second loudest animal in the world.The capybara is the largest rodent in the world and it lives near rivers and streams on the

rainforest floor.Watch this video and see a few of the rainforests inhabitants! Click Here!

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Photosynthesis

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ResourcesImages:http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/images/rainforest-layers.gif

http://www.tikaltravel.com/images/photos/images/tapir.jpg

http://villagewiki.pbwiki.com/f/Tarantula.jpg

http://www.ai.mit.edu/lab/olympics/98/images/jaguar.jpg

http://www.cruisersafaris.com/images/packages/warthog.jpg

http://www.cloudforestalive.org/files/palmviper.JPG

http://www.skyrail.com.au/nd0904-3.jpg

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/images/070830-poison-frog.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EUR/2400-1197~Orangutan-Baby-Posters.jpg

http://img3.travelblog.org/Photos/24856/185234/f/1417725-Scarlet-Macaw-at-Copan-Ruinas-1.jpg

http://www.whozoo.org/Anlife99/coreybow/HarpyFemalePG_062105_5587.JPG

http://www.vickisturiale.com/xSites/Mortgage/vicki/Content/UploadedFiles/parrots.jpg

http://www.redjellyfish.com/images/rfdestruction3.jpg

http://www.ypte.org.uk/docs/factsheets/env_facts/env_images/logging2.jpg

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Resources

Information:http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/Strata.shtml

http://www.rainforesteducation.com/life/understory.htm

http://edhelper.com/AnimalReadingComprehension_27_1.html

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0401.htm

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5798/levels.html

http://mle.matsuk12.us/rainforest/emergent_layer_animals.html

http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/3294/rainforest_info.html

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ctf/facts/animals.htm

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Author’s PageMy name is Mandie Verburg and I am currently a junior at Grand Valley State University. I am majoring in Psychology/Special Education.

My email address is: verburam@student.gvsu.edu

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