The sunlight is converted to energy  by plants through the process of photosynthesis. Since there is a  lot of sunlight, there is a lot of energy in the rainforest. This  energy is stored in plant vegetation, which is eaten by animals. The abundance of energy supports an abundance of plant and animal  species.he sunlight is converted to energy  by plants through the process of photosynthesis. Since there is a  lot of sunlight, there is a lot of energy in the rainforest. This  energy is stored in plant vegetation, which is eaten by animals.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Slavs. an important branch of the Aryan race-stock, comprising a number of European peoples chiefly in East Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Servians, Bohemians, Poles, Croatians, Moravians, Silesians, Pomeranians, &c.
Little is known about the Slavs before they are mentioned in Byzantine records of the 6th century CE, and most of what we know about them prior to this time is mainly derived from archaeological and linguistic studies.The Byzantine authors refer to the Slavs as Sclaveni.rom the 10th century CE onwards, the Slavs underwent a process of gradual cultural divergence that produced a set of closely related but mutually unintelligible languages classified as part of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family.