AMAZON RAINFOREST By Jake S. Block 3
LOCATION AND REGION The rainforest is a forest with heavy annual rainfall. It is located on the continent of South America.It is located in the north, west, and south hemispheres.Its longitude latitude range is 5N and 13S and 75E and 50W.These countries contain the rainforestBrazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Guyana.
LAYERS The first thing we will talk about is the forest floor. It is at the bottom of the rainforest. It is really dark and it receives no light. It has lots of omnivores or organisms that eat both plants and animals. One of its omnivores is the Anteater and lots of different types of ants. Now let’s talk about the understory. The understory is located second from the bottom or over the forest floor. It receives little light and is very hot. Jaguars and red eyed tree frogs and sometimes sloths live there. Another interesting place is the canopy. It is right under the emergent layer and it receives lots of sunlight. It also has smooth leaves and is mostly hot. Lots of snakes and toucans live there. The last layer we will talk about is the emergent layer. It is at the very tip top of the rainforest. Its leaves are very broad is receives an enormous amount of sunlight. Eagles and macaws live there.
Physical features The climate or weather over a long period of time is really hot and humid. The average temperature is 80 degrees F. The climate zone is tropical. The rainfall can be more than 100 inches a year.
STRANGLER FIG A strangler fig has lots of vines. It is really thorny. It wraps around trees. It lives in the canopy. It exports Mango’s and bananas to the world. It also lives on different types of trees.
EPIPHYTES The Epiphytes looks similar to the flower. It has lot of colors on it and it is fairly big. It habitat or home in the canopy of the rainforest and it holds water. It is uses as a house plant. Big ants eat it. It usually is red. Its middle is very spiky. Its foliage or leaves are long and thin. It gets food by photosynthesis or getting food by sunlight.
YANOMAMI The Yanomami tribe are a tribe that consisted of about 62000 people. They hunt with spears and when they fish they hunt with string. They have no cars, no shops, and no cement houses. The women make the clothes. Sometimes they will trade for a shotgun and the best hunter will go hunt with it. Their village is set up by Shabano. For every village there is about 25 families. They use straw for shelter. They live in huts. We get medicines, chocolate, bananas, mangos, and lots of air. They cremate the dead. They also grind up dead peoples bones and drink them for a last tribute to them. They eat spider monkeys, and they eat fish, and they eat fruit, and nuts. They belief that they should keep the rainforest intact to keep the earth alive .
TIKUNA
The Tikuna people live in small villages. They fish with spears and they hunt with sometimes shotguns. They have no cars, no houses, and no technology. They use straw huts for shelter. We get rubber, and Mahogany wood. When you become an adult, you get your hair pulled out and it takes a long time to grow back. They have a big festival that lasts for days. They have lots of animals that they use to hunt with. One of animals they have can grow up to 400 pounds. They have a very rich culture or food, dress, and beliefs. They eat spider monkeys, and deer. They have about 5000 people in their tribe. They are indigenous or created in South America.
BLACK CAIMAN The black caiman has sharp teeth and it is really scaly. It looks a lot like a crocodile. It lives in swamps in the amazon rainforest. Its predators are only humans. It eats piranhas, cabybra, and small fish. It has adaptions that help it survive. One of Its adaptations is that it has sharp teeth. Its sharp teeth help it kill its prey very wuick and easy. It looks a lot like an alligator. It is one of the biggest animals in the water when it is full grown when it is fully grown. It also has camouflage to help it survive. Its camouflage it is that it looks like a log. A Black caiman is a carnivore or it eats meat. It is nomadic or it travels
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BOA CONSTRICTER It can grow up to 20ft long. It is really scaly different and it has lots of different patterns. It lives in the understory. Different types of tribes kill it and when it is dead decomposers or animals that break down dead animals for energy eat it. It eats mice and it eats rats. Its sharp teeth help it survive along with its long body.If the rainforest gets deforested or loses all its trees the Boa Constrictor will go extinct. It is a predator or it eats other animals. The boa constrictor’s prey or animal that gets eaten by another animal is mice.
FOOD WEB
MOVEMENT/HUMAN ENVIROMENT INTERACTION People and ideas get around by walking, canoeing, by trade, and by building roads. Humans affect the rainforest by Deforestation-They cut down trees and destroy the rainforest. Ecotourism-They spread the word about saving the rainforest. Conservation-They plant trees and recycle and don’t harm the rainforest
CONCLUSION There are many types of beautiful organisms or living things in the rainforest. People are destroying the rainforest by cattle ranching and coal mining. The rainforest once covered 14% of the earth. Now it only covers 6%. We need to try to conserve or save from destruction this 6% we have left.If we don’t it will destroy 20% of our air, rubber, chocolate, bananas, mango’s, and possibly the cure for cancer.
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