Layers of the Rainforest
- 1. Layers of the Rainforest
- 2. EMERGENTS Trees are 130-180 feet tall. There are tall giant trees that are much higher than the average canopy height. Trees take up a lot of sunlight but are also exposed to wind. They have small and pointed leaves, and long and straight trunks with few branches. They house many birds and insects.
- 4. CANOPY Has tall slender trees from dense flat form of vegetation. 60-130 feet tall trees Small amount of sunlight touches the ground. Home of a large biodiversity of plants and animals. Full of life because most of food is available. Animals that live here are spiders, lemurs, monkeys, sloths, toucans, orangutans, and parrot.
- 7. UNDERSTORY Rises to about 60 feet and consists of trunks of canopy, shrubs, small plants and trees. Has dark and cool environment with very high humidity with constant shade. Broad and large leaves of plants Has large number of insect life
- 9. FOREST FLOOR Deep shade and plant life is thin. The light from the sun is blocked by the upper layer of the forest. Most of life here consist of fungi, insects, worms, and litter from taller trees that fall on the forest floor. Some animals like jaguars, tigers, okapis and cassowaries.
- 13. Terms to REMEMBER: FOOD CHAIN- linear series of feeding relationship FOOD WEB- interconnected food chain PRODUCERS- organisms that that make their own food. TYPES OF CONSUMERS 1. HERBIVORES- PLANT-EATING ANIMALS 2. CARNIVORES- FLESH-EATING ANIMALS 3. OMNIVORES- PLANT AND EATING ANIMALS
- 15. WHAT IS SYMBIOSIS? Symbiosis is a relationship between two or more organisms that live closely together.
- 16. During interactions, some organisms are benefited while others are harmed.
- 17. MUTUALISM TWO ORGANISMS LIVING TOGETHER WHEREIN BOTH BENEFIT FROM THE ASSOCIATION/ INTERACTION.
- 19. COMMENSALISM INTERACTIONS OCCURS BETWEEN TWO SPECIES IN WHICH ONE ORGANISM BENEFITS WHILE THE OTHER ORGANISM IS NEITHER BENEFITED NOR HARMED.
- 21. PREDATION PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIP WHEN ARE REMOVED OR REDUCED, THE PREY POPULATION INCREASES AND THEY CROWD OUT.
- 23. COMPETITION WHEN ANIMALS AND PLANTS HAVE THE SAME NEEDS AND UTILIZE THE SAME RESOURCES AND THE RESOURCES BECOME SCARCEAND COMPETITION EXISTS. EX: PLANTS COMPETE FOR SPACE
- 26. COOPERATION A TYPE OF INTERACTION WHERE ORGANISMS COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. WORKING COLONIES OF ANTS, BEES AND TERMITES SHOW COOPERTION EACH MEMBER HAS SPECIFIC TASK TO DO.