Ocean And Rain Rainforest Comparison

Compare and Contrast: The Ocean and the Rain Forest The ocean biome and the rainforest biome are very much alike, but also very different. The two biomes are compared by the different climates, the animals that live there, and the different adaptations the animals and plants must adapt to be able to survive. Many characteristics in these two biomes are immensely different, but selected features are similar in these two biomes. Would you rather live at the bottom of the ocean (if it was possible) or live in the middle of the rainforest? The ocean is a biome that consists of salt water and covers up most of the Earth’s surface (Woodward, pg.4). The ocean might seem shallow from where you stand, but the ocean depths reach more than 11,500 feet …show more content…
The rainforest produces about 40% of the world's oxygen, which makes rainforests a necessity (Michael G., par. 3). As in the name there is an abundant amount of rainfall on average there is approximately 60-400 inches of rainfall per year (Tagliaferro, pg. 26). After it is finished raining all the flood waters runoff and carry nutritious soil to the area around it (Johnson, pg.13). The flooding is caused by an abundant amount of rainfall in a specific area for a long period of time. Rainfall in the rainforest does not go to the ground right away, first it fills up the canopy trees leaves and each tree releases on average 200 gallons of water each year (National Geographic, par. 3). The rainforest has many intriguing characteristics that are very distinct, but are also very comparable to the ocean …show more content…
The planet Earth has more surface area covered in water than land. More than 60% of Earth is covered in water that is about a mile or more deep (Yancey, Par. 1). On the other hand the rainforest takes up a lot less surface area than the oceans. Only about 6% of the Earths surface is covered in rainforest (Richardson, pg. 5). This is important because the ocean volume takes over more surface area then the rainforest biome, so there is less space for the animals that live and that have already adapted to the rainforests characteristics this is not a problem for the animals that live in the ocean biome. Another difference is the insect population between the two biomes. In the rainforest there is about 30 million different species of insects and many variteties within those species (Richardson, pg. 5). In the ocean biome there are rarely any living insects in the water because they do not have the adaptations to be able to survive in the ocean. Even though the ocean and the rainforest biome are greatly similar they also have extremely different characteristics between each