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Tropical Rain Forest Concept Map
The Tropical Rainforest Concept Map
The Tropical
Rainforest
Animals
Reptiles
Examples
Anaconda
Boa
Chameleon
Iguana
Many others
Adaptations
Snakes, for tree dwelling have long thin like bodies with angled scales on their bellies in order to climb trees.
Mammals
Examples
Antelope
Bonbo
Chimpanzee
Elephant
Many others
Adaptations
They use camoflouge in order to blend in with their environemnt, allowing them to avoid and hide from their predators
Anthropods
Examples
Ants
Bees
Beetles
Butterflies
Many others
Adaptations
They use exoskelitons which are outer body shields which protect them from their predators.
Amphibians
Examples
Frog
Toad
Caecilian
Anantella
Others
Examples
Adaptations
They move very slowly though the forest so their predators are unable to see them. Algae also grows on their backs which helps with camoflouge keeping them hidden from their predators.
Birds
Examples
Bowerbird
Cockatoo
Hummingbird
Owl
Many Others
Examples
Adaptations
They have very keen eyesight in order to see their prey within the forest. They also have short wingspands in order to navigate / manouver through the forest
Plants
Alocasia x amazonica
Jagged Leaf
Shape and
Veins –
Allow excess rainwater to run-off
Jagged Leaf
Shape and
Veins –
Anthurium hybrids
Colourful flowers –
Attract insects down to the forest floor to enable pollination
Colourful flowers –
Swiss Cheese Plant
Holes in
Leaves –
Stop the leaves being ripped by high winds in the upper canopy
Holes in
Leaves –
Vanilla Orchid
Thick Waxy
Leaves –
Allow excess rainwater to run-off whilst retaining water needed within the leaves – Important since relies on
aerial roots
Thick Waxy
Leaves –
Xanthosoma violacea
Xanthosoma violacea
Leaf Angling –
Leaves arranged at different angles to avoid shading its own leaves in order to capture as much sunlight as possible
Leaf Angling –
Devil’s Ivy
Devil’s Ivy
Epiphyte –
Climbs up the trunks of other trees by
attaching itself to them with aerial roots in order to reach light in the
canopy
Epiphyte –
Climate
Temperature
77° Fahrenheit
Humidty
Humidty
Maintaining a high humidity of 77% to 88% year-round
Maintaining a high humidity of 77% to 88% year-round
Percipitation
Percipitation
250 cm per year
Interesting
Facts
Fact 1
An area of a rainforest the size of a footballfield is being destroyed each second
Fact 1
Fact 2
The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes to reach the ground.
Fact 2
Fact 3
More than 2,000 different species of butterflies are found in the rainforests of South America.
Fact 3
Fact 4
The forests of Central Africa are home to more than 8,000 different species of plants.
Fact 4
Fact 5
80% of the flowers in the Australian rainforests are not found anywhere else in the world.
Fact 5
Fact 6
1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants.