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Animals of the rainforest occupy specific micro-environments

Discover the fascinating micro-environments of the rainforest and the incredible biodiversity they support. Learn about the forest floor, understory, canopy layer, and emergent layer, and the animals that inhabit each. Explore interesting facts about the largest rainforest, deforestation, and the Day of Protection of Forests.

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Animals of the rainforest occupy specific micro-environments

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  1. Animals of the rainforest occupy specific micro-environments Names: Amanda Preis and Stephanie Schulz https://images.google.com/

  2. Tropical forest • A rainforest can be described as a tall, dense jungle that gets a high amount of rainfall per years . Rainforest cover only 6% of the Earth’s surface butyet they contain MORE THAN 1\2 of the world’s plant and animal species! https://images.google.com https://images.google.com

  3. Forest floor • The forestfloorreceivesonly 2% of sunlight. Almost no plantsgrow in thisarea, as a resultgiantanteaters and tapirs in this layer. https://images.google.com/ https://images.google.com/

  4. Understory layer • Only about 5% of the sunlight reaches this area so the plants have to grow larger leaves to reach the sunlight. Manyanimalslivehereincludingbirds, snakes, lizards as well as jaguars, and leopards. https://images.google.com/ https://images.google.com/

  5. Canopylayer • The canopy layer contains the majority of the largesttrees (30-45 m tall).Manyanimals – snakes,toucans and treefrogs – live in thisareasincefood is abundant. https://images.google.com/ https://images.google.com/

  6. Emergentlayer • The tallesttrees (45-55 m tall) are the emergents. Sunlight is plentifuluphere. Animals found are eagles,monkeys, bats and butterflies. https://images.google.com/ https://images.google.com/

  7. Emergent layer Canopy layer Understory layer Forest Floor https://images.google.com

  8. Curiosities • The largest rainforest is the Amazon rainforest. https://images.google.com

  9. About 2,000 trees per minute are cut down in the rainforest. • 13 million hectares of tropical forest are deforested each year. https://images.google.com

  10. It is celebrated on July 17 the Day of protection of Forests https://images.google.com

  11. Current data about the rainforest • Tropical forests are found in the following regions: Africa, Central America and South America, Asia and Oceania regions https://images.google.com

  12. Animals in extinctions in Brazil https://images.google.com https://images.google.com https://images.google.com https://images.google.com

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  14. The rainforest has 200 kinds of trees identified https://images.google.com https://images.google.com

  15. References • English book CHALLENGE • https://images.google.com • http://www.todamateria.com

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