Morgan K. Gadebusch

Tropical Rainforest

Characteristics Millions of plants and

animals live in the Rainforest ecosystem.

Animals and plants form a food chain.

Animals rely on trees and plants for shelter.

Animals sometimes drink water stored by plants.

Animals rot and fertilize the soil after they die and then they become food for trees and plants.

Animals blend in with trees and bark.

LocationSouth AmericaAsiaAfricaAustraliaCentral AmericaMadagascar

Plant LifeEpiphytes are air

plants that live in canopies.

Linias are woody vine like plants that climb up trees.

Bromiliads are plants that grow on tree trunks.

Animal LifeSloths spend most of

their time upside down.

Monkeys have tails that help them move around.

Birds have green feathers that help them blend in.

Capybaras are good swimmers.

Rainforests by Adele Richards.Computer MBG network.

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