The tropical rainforest biome
I can describe and explain the location of tropical rainforests and identify their key features.
- Year 7
The tropical rainforest biome
I can describe and explain the location of tropical rainforests and identify their key features.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Tropical rainforests are located in the tropical climate zone.
- Tropical rainforests are home to millions of species of plants, animals, insects, birds and humans.
- There are four layers to the forest; the emergents, the canopy, the understory and the forest floor.
Keywords
Biome - a large region of the world with places that have similar climates, vegetation and animals
Climate - an average of weather conditions in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more)
Tropics - the region north and south of the Equator, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn lines of latitude
Solar radiation - energy radiated from the sun via electromagnetic waves
Common misconception
Topical rainforests are cold and wet.
In tropical rainforests it is hot, this heat actually causes the rain by creating a lot of evaporation and rising air, which then cools and condenses to form clouds which rain.
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