A type of biome is rainforests.

Rainforests are found in Central/South

America, Western/Central Africa,
A biome is a collection of ecosystems Southeast Asia, the island of New Guinea
which share similar conditions, there and Austrailia
are a variety of kinds of biomes that
These places host rainforests due to their location, being
exist. The distribution is largely between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. This
controlled by conditions such as means it produces high levels of solar energy which allows for
temperature, precipitation and the area to stay at high temperatures between 21-30 degrees
insolation. Celsius. With higher temperatures, the humidity is able to stay
at an average of 77-88 percent. With these conditions the
rainfall per year is at around 200-1000 cm per year, this is due
A rainforest is found to be structured in 4
to the fact that because of their severe humidity rainforests can
layers; emergent, canopy, understory produce their own rainfall with evaporation and transpiration.
and forest floor. It is an interdependent
A type of biome is a savanna. Savanna structure, with both the species and
is found in Africa, South America, processes in one layer affecting those in
Australia, India, Myanmar, Thailand another. The emergent layer is the top,
and Madagascar. Usually around 8-20 with the tallest trees dominant and
allowing the rest of the forest to retain
degrees from the equator.
its moisture. The emergent is where the
species like bats live. The canopy layer is
where the abundance of leaves creates a
These places host savanna’s because of the limited rainfall and high levels canopy for the bottom layers, protecting
of solar energy, with rainfall levels of 50-127cm per year and having 10-12 them from wind, sunlight and rainfall.
hours of sunlight per day. The temperatures range from 20-30 degrees The canopy is where the species like
celsius and average humidity levels of 70%-80%. macaws and toucans live. The
understory layer is where the last bit of Rainforests have high annual insolation, as they are at a
The structure of a savanna has open tree canopy, which means trees are
sunlight gets caught, and faunas such as 90-degree angle in between the tropics. Rainforests face
scattered above a continuous tall grass understory. With a continuous
heliconia thrive. Along with fauna and many issues due to humans, with destruction from mining,
amount of tall grass, they are considered grasslands and almost a
plants, species such as the green mamba logging, agriculture, ranching, energy production and
transition between rainforests and deserts. The characteristics of a
snake live in the canopy layer. many more.
savanna stay relatively the same with some changes between wet and dry
seasons. Species such as lions, leopards, elephants, hippos and gazelles all The last layer is the forest floor layer,
thrive in this kind of vegetation, due to it’s high temperatures and tall which due to its dark and moist Savanna Rainforest

grasslands. Savanna’s also host invertebrates such as caterpillars and conditions does not allow for an
grasshoppers which thrive under trees like Curatellas and locustberries. environment for plants to grow easily. 3000 kcal/squared 8800 kcal/squared
Productivity
Due to the forest floors' conditions and metre/per year metre/per year
Along with trees the grass in savanna’s vary but a main kind is thatching
grass. characteristics, it is where decomposers
Humans impact savanna’s by logging, development, tourism, conversion to live and thrive such as termites, slugs Biomass 0.5-11.5 metric tons 400-700 metric tons

agriculture, overgrazing by livestock and poaching. and fungi. It is also where predators
such as wild pigs and leopards live. Precipitation 50-127 cm per year 200-1000 cm per year

Insolation 10-12 hours a day 12 hours a day

Rate of Evaporation 5% over two years

Total area of earth

20% of earth 12% of earth
covered
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