The rainforest

Anna irvin
 Animal in Depth Information

Lifespan: Weight: Length: Height:

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Producer: banana 6 years 100 + 10 lbs ( 2 x 1 ) feet Sixty centimeters

plant

Producer: heliconia 1 year 3 + 0 lbs ( 3 x 1 ) feet Eight feet

Consumer: jaguar 12 - 15 years 200 + 10 lbs ( 6 x 1 ) feet Three feet

Consumer: tapir 25 - 30 years 200 + 60 lbs ( 7 x 1 ) feet Two feet

Decomposer: leaf 10 - 14 days 20 + 5 grams ( 7 x 1 ) cm One inch

beetle
 Average Temperature - 80 degrees Fahrenheit
Average Annual Precipitation - more than 100 inches a year
Interesting Facts - The Amazon Rainforest is 1.7 billion acres covering 9 countries.
The rainforest provides 20% of the planets oxygen. 40 thousand different plants, 1,300
birds, 427 mammals and 378 reptiles and 2.5 million insects call this tropical rainforest
home. Amazon is host to loads of deadly animals; electric eels, flesh eating piranhas,
poison dart frogs, jaguars and venomous snakes.

The geosphere - Is rocky, and has very wet ground since it rains a whole lot.
The biosphere - Has a lot of animals (rainforests only cover 2% of our earth, but more
than 50% of all animals live there!).
The hydrosphere - Amazon and its tributaries and lakes

Numbers Rounded Comparisons Differences

Jaguars weigh about 200 lbs and
are 2 m in length. Tapirs weigh
about 250 lbs and are
approximately 2 m in length. Leaf
beetles are about 10 cm in
length.
Tapirs weigh more than jaguars. Tapirs weigh 50 lbs more than jaguars.
Jaguars are slightly shorter than tapirs. The heliconias weigh 80 lbs more than the
Heliconia is significantly lighter than the banana plants.
banana plant.
Totals
Jaguars eat 55 lbs of food a day - in a week they eat (55 lbs x 7) 385 lbs a week.
About 37 heliconias are needed to equal one banana plant.
 Jaguars are 3rd largest big cat in the world. They
eat deer, crocodiles, monkeys, sloths, tapirs, turtles,
eggs, frogs and fish (or anything else they can find).
 Brazilian Tapirs are herbivores that eat leaves, twigs,
branches, buds, shoots, berries, fruits, and aquatic
plants. Tapirs natural predators are jaguars, crocodiles
and sometimes snakes.
Small Lobster
Claw Heliconias
are a jungle
flower that can
grow up to 60
cm. They last for
about a year.
The banana is a
cool plant that
tastes good too!
The banana plant
lives in rainforests
and can be six
years old.
Leaf beetles
are a jungle
decomposer.
They only
live about 14
days! They
are about 7
cm long.
Hope you enjoyed!!!