The Rainforest By Sabrina Animals Sloth Eats leaves

The Rainforest By Sabrina

Animals Sloth §Eats leaves and fruit §Fur blends in with the leafs Harpy Eagle §Eats snakes, birds, and monkeys Red eyed Tree frog §Feet that help it stick to branches and leaves Jaguar §Eats meat §Patrols the river bank §Disguises itself as sunlight with it’s spots Pygmy Marsupial Frog §They eat spiders and insects Amazon River Turtle §One of the largest fresh water turtles §Powerful swimmer §Very slow moving §Long hooked claws §Fly high above the treetops §Huge claws to catch its prey §Eats flies, moths, other small frogs and crickets too §Third largest feline after lion and tiger §Enemies to snakes, birds, and large mammals §Eats fallen fruit, seeds, vegetation, freshwater sponges, and insects

Plants Oak § 400 different species on Earth Maple § 125 different species §Native to Asia, Europe, Northern Africa and North America §The fruit is a §Maple trees nut called an usually grow 10 acorn 45 meters §An oak is considered a tree or shrub Yew §Slow growing and can live long §Reddish bark Ficus § 850 different species of trees, shrubs and vines Usually know as fig trees or figs Pitcher plants §They have a sweet sent that pulls bugs in where they slip on the edge and the pitcher plant digests it Orchids §Nearly 22, 000 different species §Speed of reproduction 4 times the speed of mammals and 3 times the speed of birds §All yews are closely related to each other §A tree that has been around possibly 800 years § 120 different species of these type of plants §Live in almost every habitat from desserts to icebergs

Climate § The climate in the rainforest is mostly rain, hence the title, and is sunny and humid and sticky feeling. § The rainfall amount is 80 to 260 inches a year. § It’s hot and warm all year long § In some rainforests it rains 200 days a year

Location § A rainforest is a mass amount of land covered in all kinds of vegetation like trees and vines. It is home to many of Earth’s creatures. Surprisingly rainforests cover 7% of the world.

Physical Landscape Emergent layer-more windy, and is where most monkeys climb around Canopy layer- thick branches, small breeze, and more wildlife than the top layer Understory layer- leafy bushes, it’s very dark and hot, blooms with flowers, and is where the birds chose to fly and the frogs chose to sit Forest floor-is the dirt bottom of the forest and is where insects and anteaters loom Rivers- rivers pass all around in rainforests and are swarming with hungry crocodiles and deadly piranha fish. Don’t fall in.

Human Influences § The trees in some rainforest are being chopped down and used for building purposes § The jaguars are being hunted for there fur and bones § These beautiful forests will soon no longer be here, the jaguars won’t prowl again or maybe the beautiful plants will be destroyed or run over by the destruction

Glossary § Rainforest-(rān'fôr'ĭst)- A rainforest is a mass amount of land covered in all kinds of vegetation like trees and vines § Vegetation- [vej-i-tey-shuh n]- the whole plant life of a certin place § Feline- (fee-lahyn)-belonging or from the cat family § Prowl-[proul]- to go about stealthily as in search of prey § Swarming-(swawrm-ing)- to move about in great numbers