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1E2_2011 Group 2 -  Tropical Rainforest

Page history last edited by 1E2_Group2_2011 12 years, 12 months ago

Team members

 

Names / Roles:

  • Chong Jia Zhen                        (Leader)
  • Kok Xin Yi Amanda                  (Wiki Writer)
  • Md Raihan Bin Abd Rahman    (Researcher)
  • Vivian Choo Ya Ping                 (Researcher)

 

 

Overview

The Tropical Rainforest is a place; located within 28degrees North or South of the Equator. The Tropical Rainforest is mainly found in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America ,Mexico and many parts of the Pacific Islands. Almost all of the Tropical Rainforests are found along the Equator, where the temperature and humility there is always high.

The Tropical Rainforests are warm, wet forests with very tall trees . The Tropical Rainforests rain 4 to 8 meters yearly. Some of the facts that you should know: the Amazon forests produces 40% of the world's oxygen , and 1400 of the Rainforests' plants are believed that; they could cure cancer. The largest rainforest in the world is Amazon.

ALL of these Tropical Rainforests are endangered . They are home to a huge number of different plants and animals. These Tropical Rainforests are  important to every single living thing ; not just the different plants and animals living there ; the scientists are always discovering new plants there that could be made into medicines for us when we are sick, these Rainforests also mantain the usual rainfalls and help to prevent soil erosions and floods. 

These Tropical Forests are so-called the world's natural pharmacy , almost all of the natural medicines found there. The Rainforests there are life to almost half of the Earth; they also receive close to 12 hours of Sunlight each day . 

 

 

 

Done by : Amanda

Extracted from:

 

Blue Planet Biomes :  http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm

Tropical Rainforest: http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/trforest.htm

Glossopedia:             http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=6

Wikipedia :               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest

Google[pictures] :     http://www.google.com.sg/images?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1020&bih=535&q=tropical+rainforest&gbv=2&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=Tropical+Rain 

 


Physical Factors

 

 

The Tropical Rainforest is humid or contains high amount of water vapour as the plants transpire or give out water vapour and also oxygen neutral, with little or no wet production of oxygen. The temperature of the Tropical Rainforest ranges between 21 Degree Celsius to 45 Degree Celsius every month.

The Tropical Rainforest is not acidic or alkaline. The Tropical Rainforest has nutrients that are soluble, also known as Oxisols  or fertile silt.

So, the Tropical Rainforest's mineral salts have poor soils due to the monthly rainfall.

Part of the Tropical Rainforest consists of seawater which connects the Tropical Rainforest with the sea or ocean. 20% of the Earth's freshwater are part of the Tropical Rainforest.

As the Tropical Rainforest has five layers, Emergent Layer, Canopy Layer, Understory Layer, Shrub Layer and also Forest Floor,

those layers receives different amount of sunlight.

The Emergent Layer as well as the Canopy Layer take the most amount of sunlight as they are above the other layers.

 

[Extract from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest]

 

Done by: Raihan

 

 

 


Classification of Living Organisms

*Teacher, Vivian's computer spoil, so some of us did the work for her.-Amanda*

1. Producers;

(a) Tualang also named as Koompassia excelsa; also known as the Honey Bee Tree .


It grows in the Southeast Asian rainforests of Borneo ,Malaysia and some other countries . It is an tree that grows to 250 feet tall. 

(b) Kapok tree ; Ceilba pentandra .


It's found in the rain forest all over the World. It can grow up to 150feet , or higher .

 

(c) Stangler Figs;

 

There are dozens of hundred of figs  ,they are important keystone species in tropical rainforests around the whole wide world ; for fruits that they bear several times are important diet for the animals.

 

(d)Bengal Bamboo ; Bambusa tulda

The bamboo plant grows in the rainforests of Southeast Asia , despite its' large size, it can grow up to 80 feet tall and 3 inches in diameter and it's not a grass, it's actually a tree!!!

 

(f)Comet Orchid 

 

 

It mainly grows in Africa , and it's a example of an air plant. 

 

(g) Rattan tree

Things that the Ratten can be made into : 

 


  

[The things you see below are the things that can be made from the Ratten] 

 

(h)Acai Plant 

It's a very common, tall , slender palm tree.

 

(i)Cocoa Tree

 

Parts of the tree can help to cure anxiety, fever ,fatigue and coughs.

 

Extracted from  :http://www.brighthub.com/environment/science-environmental/articles/70738.aspx 

                       :http://scienceray.com/biology/botany/producers-of-the-amazon-tropical-rain-forest/

 

Done by:Amanda.

 

2. Primary Consumers.

 

(a)Grass Hopper

 

 

(b)Beetle

 

 

(c) Slugs

 

 

(d) Humming Birds 

 

 

(e)Squirrels

 

 

(f)Deers 

 

 

(g)Voles

 

 

(h)Elk 

 

 

(i)Salmon

 

 

Extracted from: google.com

          : http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071212173131AAgkc5d

          :http://www.buzzle.com/articles/tropical-rainforests-energy-pyramid.html

 

 

Done by:Amanda

 

 

3.Secondary Consumers.

 

(a)

hourglass tree frog 

(b)

Toad 

(c)

Toucan 

(d)

giant anteater
(e)

bald eagle 

(f)

bat 

(g)

leopard 

(h)

jaguar 

4.Tertiary Consumers.

 

(a)

hawk 

(b)

owl 

(c)

fox 

(d)

jackal 

(e)

lion 

(f)

tiger 

(g)

hyena 

 

 

 

5.Decomposers.

 

(a)

bacteria 

(b)

mosses 

(c)

algae 

(d)

fungus 

(e)

mushroom 

(f)

lichen 

  

By Vivian (using jia zhen's com lol)

 


Food Web 

 

 

 Done by:Jia Zhen


Interrelationship in Ecosystem 

Predator-prey relationships are:

1)Predator - Jaguar , Prey - Opposum

2)Predator - Fruit Bat , Prey - Insects

3)Predator - Boa Constrictor , Prey - Porcupine

 

Parasitism relationships are:

1)A phorid fly on leaf-cutter ants.

2)A leech that sucks the animals blood.

3)Strangler figs growing on the branches of the trees

 

Mutualism relationships are:

1)Toucans and parrots help each other to open nuts.

2)The ants defend the fungi and the fungi provides nutrients for the ants.

3)The humming-bird helps to pollinate the passion flower and gets its food.

 

Done by :Jia Zhen


Useful Links

Plagarism is a strongly discouraged.

 

Include the links of all websites you obtained information from to complete your ecology wiki. 

For example:

Wild World @ nationalgeographic.com ( http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html ) 

 


 

 

 

 

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