AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A tropical rainforest is a forest having closed-canopy trees growing within 28° north or south of the equator. Receiving an average of 200 cm rainfall per year. The biomes and abiotic factors of the tropical rainforest are described below.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tropical rain forest, a biome occurs in regions of high temperature (average 25C) and high rainfall (200-450 cm per year).

Detailed explanation-3: -Rainforests generally receive very high rainfall each year, although the exact amount varies among different years and different rainforests. For example, South America’s tropical rainforests receive between 200 and 300 centimeters (80 and 120 inches, or 6.5 to 10 feet!) of rain in a typical year.

Detailed explanation-4: -rain forest: receive constant high amounts of rainfall (200 to 400 cm annually). air temperatures range between 25°C and 29°C year round.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rainforests receive the most rain of all of the biomes in a year! A typical year sees 2, 000 to 10, 000 millimeters (79 to 394 inches) of rain per year.