Rainforests by Madelyn Strom https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up by Madelyn Strom and Danielle Min en-us 2017-05-25 18:46:25 UTC 2024-05-30 06:59:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174516665 2017-05-30 23:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174516665 Climatograph 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174517097 2017-05-30 23:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174517097 Abiotic Factors 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174518156 Rainfall
Amount of Sunlight
Soil 
In any ecosystem, abiotic and biotic factors MUST interact in order for biotic factors to stay alive. Most (not all) animals need water and sunlight in order to survive. Soil is also a very important factor to plants, because without it, most producers in the rainforest wouldn't be able to grow. ]]> 2017-05-30 23:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174518156 Ecological Services 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174519939 Timber is a large ecological service, as there are so many trees in rainforests. There is practically an infinite amount of trees to harvest.
Rivers in rainforests are a large source of transportation, which is helpful for locals. 

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Common abiotic factors in rainforests
are waterfalls. 
Fun Fact: The largest waterfall in the world, Salto Angel, is located in the highlands of Venezuela. This one waterfall is 15 times taller than the Niagara Falls bordering Canada and the US. ]]> 2017-05-31 16:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174652789 Emergent Tree 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174661797 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_tropical_forest
This is an example of a common plant in the rainforest, the emergent tree, that grows very tall over the tops of the trees.  ]]> 2017-05-31 16:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174661797 Three Toed Sloths 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174663419 http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/species/sloth
Three toed sloths are found in the rainforest and can only be found in the trees because their claws are too long to walk on the ground, a feature that has helped them adapt to all the trees surrounding them. ]]> 2017-05-31 16:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174663419 Economic Value 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174665930 The estimated economic value of the tropical rainforest is over $3 trillion. There are many ecological services that provide money for the cities and companies that use the rainforest to make money.]]> 2017-05-31 17:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174665930 The Uniqueness of the Rainforest 3116655 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174668059 The rainforest is a biome that offers very different features from others. It receives 125-660 cm of rain per year, and has many trees. The temperature is on average 80 degrees Fahrenheit.  Rainforests are located near the equator which causes water to be evaporated from both the desert and the rainforest that causes the large amount of precipitation. They are home to approximately one half of the worlds population of plants and animals. ]]> 2017-05-31 17:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174668059 Spider monkey 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174723574 http://elelur.com/mammals/black-spider-monkey.html  
The black spider monkeys are very limber with their long tails and limbs to hang from trees. 
]]> 2017-06-01 00:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174723574 Adaptations 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174724430 Green algae has grown on sloths because of their slow moving body that camouflages them as they inch slowly through the tree tops so that predators have a harder time seeing them. Many animals have also learned that food supplies are limited and adapted to eating animals and plants that have an abundance so as to be able to provide food for others of their kind. Another adaption is how many animals including monkeys, lizards, etc. have long tails and/or limbs that help them swing from branch to branch. ]]> 2017-06-01 00:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174724430 Productivity 3117782 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174726273 The rainforest is the most productive biome. It contains about 50% of the population of all plants and animals living on this Earth. The mean productivity is about 2200 per square meterwhich is around 2406 per square yard. ]]> 2017-06-01 01:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174726273 Toucans 3116655 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174735926 http://www.activewild.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Rainforest-Animals-Toucan.jpg
Another example of the diverse variation of animals in this biome-- the toucan!]]> 2017-06-01 03:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174735926 Rain in the Amazon 3116655 https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174736142 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5388e453e4b0813d343199fc/t/551592e0e4b090722fa98d1a/1427477217599/amazon+rain
A picture of it raining in the Amazon since this biome recieves 125-660 cm of rain per year. ]]> 2017-06-01 03:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3117782/oxczg9ngu6up/wish/174736142