Tropical rainforest biome

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What is the top layer called?
Emergent layer
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What are most of the roots called?
Buttress roots
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What is the biggest nutrient store?
Biomass
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What are plants called that grow on trees?
Epiphytes
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Between what latitudes to the main rainforests circle the earth?
Between 10N and 10S
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What are mean temperatures between?
25c and 28c
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What is the climate like in the ropical rainforest?
Wet and humid
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Annual precipitation often exceeds what?
2,000mm
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ITCZ stands for what
Inter tropical convergence zone
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When is the dry season in the rainforest of the southern hemisphere?
May, June, July
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When is the wet season in the rainforest?
November, December, January
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