Tropical Evergreen Forest


 
 
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Tropical Evergreen Forest

Tropical Evergreen forests :These forests are also called tropical rainforests. These thick forests occur in the regions near the equator and close to the tropics. These regions are hot and receive heavy rainfall throughout the year. As there is no particular dry season, the trees do not shed their leaves altogether. This is the reason they called evergreen. Hardwood trees like rosewood, ebony, and mahogany are found here.

Animal life: A wide variety of wildlife is found in tropical evergreen forests, including reptiles like lizards, turtles, alligators, crocodiles and chameleons; different types of monkeys; apes like orangutans and gorillas; sloth; bats; squirrels; and many species of birds like parrots (macaws), humming birds, owl, etc. A variety of snakes like pythons, cobras are also found in these forests.

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Question : 1

Which one of the following trees is found in tropical rain forests.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

_______forests are found in the regions near the equator and close to the tropics.

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

Eboy and Mahogany trees are found in : 

Right Option : A
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