What is the average size of a tropical rainforest?

What is the average size of a tropical rainforest?

The rainforest is home to many plants and animals. According to The Nature Conservancy, a 4-square-mile (2,560 acres) area of rainforest contains as many as 1,500 flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 400 species of birds and 150 species of butterflies.

How much land do tropical rainforests cover?

Tropical rainforests cover only 7% of the Earth's land surface but contain over 50% of the worlds wildlife.

What is the longest tree in the world?

coniferous Coast redwood

Which country has the tallest trees?

Malaysian Borneo

Which is the first tree in the world?

The earliest surviving species of tree is the maidenhair (Ginkgo biloba) of Zhejiang, China, which first appeared about 160 million years ago during the Jurassic era. It was rediscovered by Engelbert Kaempfer (Germany) in 1690 and reached England c. 1754.

Can any living thing get cancer?

Cancer is widespread in the animal kingdom; it affects molluscs, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. Some species develop cancers very similar to humans, while others are affected by a rare, contagious form of the disease. At the other end of the spectrum, some species rarely get cancer.

Do plants scream when you eat them?

Plants feel pain too! Researchers find an ultrasonic 'scream' is emitted when stems are cut or if species are not watered enough. A team of scientists at Tel Aviv University have discovered that some plants emit a high frequency distress sound when they undergo environmental stress.