Amazon+Rainforest



**Region of the world

** The Amazon Rainforest includes parts of 8 south american countries including Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and the French Guiana. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(200, 73, 238); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">This one rainforest covers over a billion acres. If Amazonia were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)">  <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Each year the Amazonia receives about 9 feet of rain.<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">          <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="color: rgb(251, 173, 241)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The High temperatures and the amount of rain are the same throughout the year. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The humidity glazes over the air and remains with average temperatures around 79° F.               <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)">  <span style="color: rgb(251, 173, 241)"><span style="color: rgb(35, 164, 72)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The Amazon has an equatorial humid climate. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Flora and Fauna (plants and animals) **     <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The plants, flowers and vegetation in this region constantly recycles carbon dioxide into oxygen. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Over 500 mammals, 175 lizards, over 300 other reptiles species, 30 million insects and 1/3 of the whole world's birds live in the rainforest. The amazon is home to more plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the entier planet. 30% of all the worlds species are found here. The majority of all species that live here are bats and rodents. There are also over1,500 species of birds just in this one biome. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Approxemitly 438,000 species of plants have been registered to this region of the world. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Some types of the Amazons fish include Piranha and Tambaqui. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">A few reptiles that thrive here include Boa Constrictor, Melanosuchus niger <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">and Eunectes Murinus. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Adapted birds are Parrots, Emas, Harpia harpyjas and tucans. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Lastly some mammals that are known distinctly for living in the amazon are sloths, jaguars, leopards, monkeys, ocelots, and anteaters. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(54, 155, 102)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Certain plants that thrive in the biome are             <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(25, 23, 217); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">orchids and Bromeliads <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Food Chain**
 * <span style="color: rgb(10, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Climate **   <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">

sunlight -> plants ->


 * Population Example**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Three of the spider monkey species, the white-bellied spider monkey, brown-headed spider monkey, and white- whiskered spider monkey are listed as Endangered. This means that these species have at least a 20% chance of going extinct in the wild within 20 years or 5 of their generations. The black-handed and black spider monkeys are listed as Vulnerable meaning there is at least a 10% probability of extinction within 100 years. Only the black-faced black spider monkey is considered at Lower Risk. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The population is estimated at 2,000 in isolated pockets.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> The Amazon rainforest is also known as Amazonia. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Amazonia is home to the world's greatest natural resources. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Approximetly 20% of earth's oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The rainforest gets its name from the "life force", the Amazon River. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">More than 20% of the rainforest has been destroyed by human destruction. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Land is being cleared to make cattle ranches, mining operation, logging, subsistence agriculture and for the making of charcoal. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">A large amount of plants that are found in Amazonia are used for drugs for AIDS, cancer, diabetes, arthritis and alzheimer. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Due to the deforestization the indian population is going down immensly. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Layers **   <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(251, 157, 238)"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The rainforest consists of four layers or communities. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(251, 157, 238)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Each layer has its own unique ecosystems, plants, and animals adapted to particular climate and surroundings. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The first layer starting from the top is known as the emergent layer. This is the tallest layer, where trees can be as tall as 200 feet <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Here they are exposed to fluctuation of temperature, wind, and rainfall. The leaves are small and covered with a thick waxy surface to hold water. They take advantage of the wind by developing winged seeds that are blown to other parts of the forest. Trunks can be up to 16 feet around and braced by massive buttress roots. Some of the animals find everything they need to survive in the emergent layer and never leave it. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The layer under the emergent layer is nown as canopy. This is the main layer out of all layers. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Canopy trees have smooth oval leaves that come to a point known as a drip tip. This allows water to flow off the leaf quickly and prevents the growth of fungi mosess and lichens the canopys leaves are very dense and filter out about 80% of the sunlight. Many flowers and fruits frow in this layer <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The 3rd layer is called the understory. Here, it only gets about two to five percent of the available sunlight. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Their solar-collecting leaves grow large, and are dark green in color. They don't often grow more than 12 feet in height. Because there is very little air movement, they rely on insects and animals to pollinate their flowers. Some grow large flowers and fruits low on their trunks to allow larger, non-climbing animals to eat and disperse their fruit. The largest concentrations of insects inhabit this layer. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The last layer is known as the forest floor. This is the lowest layer and almost no plants grow here due to lack of light. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(248, 175, 238)"><span style="color: rgb(248, 155, 243)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">About 2% of the sunlight filters through. The floor is littered with decomposing vegetation and organisms that are broken down into usable nutrients. Many nutrients are locked into this biomass. Tree roots stay close to the surface to access these nutrients. Large animals forage for roots and tubers, while insects like millipedes, scorpions, and earthworms use the litter as a source of food.
 * General Description**
 * Human Interatctions**


 * Cycling of Matter**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Because of this the Amazon has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet". <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The rainforest constantly recycles Carbon dioxide which is harmful to humans into breathable air. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">    <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(65, 184, 251)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Due to all the recent human work in the rainforest, the release of carbon has burned the top layer of soil which kills trees and surrounding plants releasing carbon into the atmosophere by the decaying matter.


 * Pictures**

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www.blueplanetbiomes.org/amazon.htm rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/ rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_wildlife.html rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/mammals.html rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/birds.html <span class="wiki_link_ext">http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm <span class="wiki_link_ext">http://library.thinkquest.org/20248/inicio.html <span class="wiki_link_ext">http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm **
 * Sources
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mnwalsh/amazon.html **