By: Dan Weed, Derek Trombley, Ryan McNiel, And Patrick DeGeorge

1. Tropical RainForest of South America By: Dan Weed, Derek Trombley, Ryan McNiel, And Patrick DeGeorge

2. The Amazon: • Is the world’s largest Tropical rain forest, covering the entire Amazon river basin (around 2 million square miles). • Has the most variety of species than anywhere in the world. • ¼ of all medicines come from the Amazon

3. Climate Precipitation Temperature Weather The Amazon has a dry season (Jun-Nov.) and a wet season (Dec.-May); humid & hot all year long! The rainforest has an annual rainfall of 4 meters in every location of the rainforest. Temp. in the rainforest stays at a steady 23.5 degrees Celsius

4. Plant Life • No Predominant Plants! It’s too diverse! Layers -Emergent: top layer of trees -Upper canopy: where most animals live -Lower canopy: Little air movement, high humidity -Forest floor: less then 1 percent of the sunlight reaches this layer.

5. Plants Heliconia psittacorum Cattleya Maxima Angel’s wings Monsteras “Santa Maria” Pepper Cattleya Maxima

6. Trees Brazil Nut Tree Cercropia Chicle (chewing gum) Tree Fig Tree Kapok Tree

7. Herbivores Leafcutter ants Eats: Fungus (NOT LEAVES!!) Three-Toed Sloth Eats: Fruits and leaves Howler Monkey Eats: Flowers, fruits, and leaves Tapir Capybara Eats: Leaves and small branches Eats: Grasses, melons, and water plants

8. Carnivores Ocelot Tarantula Giant River Otter Eats: Monkeys, rodents, reptiles, and fish Eats: Insects, birds, mice, lizards frogs and other tarantulas Eats: Fish, Caiman, and birds Black Caiman Eats: Piranha and Capybara Giant Anteater Eats: Ants/Insects

9. Omnivores Golden Lion Tamarin Eats: Fruit, insects, spiders, lizards, frogs, and snakes Piranhas Eats: Seeds, insects, fish, and wounded animals Kinkajou Eats: Fruit, leaves, insects, bird’s eggs, birds, and frogs Toucan Eats: Fruit, seeds, insects, reptiles, and frogs

10. Top Carnivores ANACONDAS HARPY EAGLE Eats: Caimans, fish, and birds Eats: Monkeys, sloths, and other birds JAGUARS Eats: Tapirs, caimans, giant river otter, and fish

11. Food Chains Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation 3-Toed Sloth Leafcutter ants Tapir Howler Monkey Capybara Anteater Jaguar Ocelots Caiman Harpy Eagle Jaguar Anaconda Anaconda

12. Food Web Harpy Eagle Jaguar Anaconda Giant River Otter Black Caiman Toucan Ocelot Golden Lion Tamarin Piranha Kinkajou Anteaters Howler Monkeys Tarantula Tapirs 3 Toed Sloth Leafcutter Ants Capybara Vegetation

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