Tropical Rainforest Research Paper

Rain Forests Rainforests cover only 6% of the earth's surface but they house more than half of the world's animal and plant population. Rainforests have beautiful layered ecosystems and water features that home massive amounts of living things. There is a very diverse food chain in rainforests. Deforestation is limiting what the rainforest can provide to the world. Rainforests are very large forests that help the earth in many ways. They house many plants, animals, insects, and even people. Rainforest Geography All of the tropical rainforests grow in hot, humid places. All of the tropical rainforests are in Costa Rica, the Peruvian Amazon, the Brazilian Amazon, the Brazilian coast, Congo basin, Madagascar, Borneo, New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia. The biggest rainforest is the entire Amazon region. The temperate rainforests and tropical rainforests are on both sides of the equator. The equator provides perfect conditions for lush tropical rainforests to grow. The Amazon region is considered the biggest rainforest of all. Temperate rainforests grow in cooler places. Only the temperate rainforests are in the pacific northwest. In the tropical rainforests it rains most of the year. It normally rains 80-200 inches a year!
The layered ecosystem is an extremely big contributor to how many animals the rainforest can house. The top layer is the emergent layer. It is the windiest layer and it has most of the monkeys. Next is the second layer, the canopy. The canopy has thick branches, tons of trees, and is the most popular place to live. The canopy is the most lively layer of all! The 3rd layer is the understory. The understory has leafy bushes, it is dark and hot, and doesn’t get any sunlight. Lastly, the 4th layer is the forest floor. The forest floor has tons of insects, and doesn’t get any sunlight either so it is tremendously dark