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Why does the bottom layer of the rainforest receive less sunlight than the top layer?
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∙ 14y ago
Because the leaves and branches of the top layer block sunlight from reaching the bottom layer.
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Why are plants bigger on the bottom floor of forests?
If the bottom layer leaves are small, the would receive lesser sunlight. The top layer leaves are smaller than the bottom layer leaves in size as they can receive more sunlight, thus the bottom layer leaves are larger in size to have a bigger surface area to trap more sunlight. Hope this can help you. '~'
What layer of the rainforest sunlight that filters eighty percent of sunlight?
The Canopy layer
Which layer of the rainforest gets the least sunlight?
Temperate diciduous
Which layer in the tropical rainforest receives the most sunlight?
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What is the bottom layer of the rainforest?
The amazon rain forest is made up of four different layers. The second story is called the understory. The plants in the understory have large leaves for collecting sunlight.
What level does a peacock live in the rainforest?
Bottom Layer
Which layer of the rainforest gets the most sunlight?
The Emergent layer due to it being above the canopy which blocks most the sunlight for layers below. Ez Clap
How much sunlight does the emergent layer receive?
The most.
How much sunlight gets to the canopy layer of the rain forest?
All places on earth get sunlight. :-) Seriously, I live in a temperate rainforest here in the Pacific Northwest, and it gets plenty of sunlight. It is a mixture of sunlight AND rain that makes a rainforest grow.
Why does the rain forest grow in layers?
It grows in layers because of the amount of sunlight reaching each part of the forest. Since the emergents are the highest they receive the most amount of sunlight and hence the top layer. As the layers decrease so does the amount of sunlight and hence different heights of the rainforest.
What animals live in the forest floor layer of the rainforest?
jaguars, reptiles,bottom dwellers. ect..
Does a green snake live in the shrub layer of a rainforest?
Yes they live on the VERY bottom of the forest floor
