Chaparral is different from a forest and classified by warm and wet climate, shrubs and small trees dry summer and moist winter, shrubs and small trees moist summer and dry winter, shrubs and small trees dry summer and moist winter, shrubs and tall grasses Question 27 0/1pt The rainforest layer that is affected by hot sunlight, heavy rainfall and tropical storm is Canopy Understory Emergent Ground Forest floor.