Biomes Assignment
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What is it?
Climate/Weather
Layers of the Rainforest
The Emergent layer
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Fauna
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Blue Morpho Butterfly
Flora
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Kapok Tree
The Canopy layer
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Fauna
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Golden Lion Tamarin
Toucan
Three Toed Sloth
Flora
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Curare
The Understory layer
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Fauna
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Emerald Tree Boa
Flora
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Cacao Tree
The Forest Floor
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Fauna
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Jaguars
Flora
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Moss, Herbs and Fungi
Food web
Landforms
Places of interest
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The Amazon River
Why is it important?
Human impact
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The Canopy layer
One of the layers of the Rainforest
The Canopy layer, which is underneath the top layer (the emergent layer) consists of the parts of trees ranging from 10m to 20m high. It is home to a large range of birds, insects, arachnids and mammals.