{"id":26329,"date":"2025-09-26T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/?page_id=26329"},"modified":"2025-09-27T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T07:15:35","slug":"tropical-rainforests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/index.php\/online-envirobio\/biomes\/latitudes\/tropical-rainforests\/","title":{"rendered":"2b4 Tropical Rainforests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n Tropical Rainforests <\/span>\n\n \n \n High Productivity & Biodiversity <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Tropical Rainforests Objectives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    Describe the location, climate, and biodiversity characteristics of a tropical rainforest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Explain how tropical rainforest soils can be relatively nutrient-poor while the ecosystem has high productivity and biodiversity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Define what an epiphyte is, explain why they have this strategy, and provide examples.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Until recently, tropical rainforests had low densities of humans and remained relatively under-explored.\u00a0 This is in part due to the physical hazards of moist and warm environments dripping with potential parasites.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    This video introduces tropical rainforest characteristics and poses an interesting apparent paradox.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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