EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. It is home to around 40, 000 plant species, nearly 1, 300 bird species, 3, 000 types of fish, 427 species of mammals, and 2.5 million different insects.

Detailed explanation-2: -The largest rainforests are in the Amazon in Brazil (South America), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Africa) and Indonesia (South East Asia). Tropical rainforests are also found in Hawaii and the islands of the Pacific & Caribbean. The graph below shows rainforest area by country.

Detailed explanation-3: -The abundance of energy supports an abundance of plant and animal species. The Canopy: the canopy structure of the rainforest provides an abundance of places for plants to grow and animals to live. The canopy offers sources of food, shelter, and hiding places, providing for interaction between different species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Canopy Layer The next layer is the canopy layer, which is known to contain the majority (about 60 to 90%) of living species in the whole rainforest.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Amazon is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Biodiversity refers to all the different kinds of living organisms within a given area. Biodiversity includes plants, animals, fungi, and other living things.