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THE TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS
FOREST
By. Justin Okoronta, Angel Altamirano, Angel Gonzalez-Ruiz
WHAT IS THE DECIDUOUS FOREST?
• The temperate deciduous
forest biome is characterized
by its leaf-shedding trees and
its seasons. This biome
experiences all four seasons.
The temperate deciduous
forest biome is located in the
United States, Canada,
Europe, China, Japan, and a
small part of Australia. The
deciduous forest biome has
five zones.
MAP OF TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST
PRECIPITATION, TEMPERATURE,
AND PLANT ADAPTATIONS
• Average Annual Precipitation: 30 to 60 inches of rainfall per
year
• Average Annual Temperature: The average annual
temperature is 50° F
• Plants Adaptations: Leaning towards the sun, and soaking
up nutrients from the ground.
PICTURES OF PLANTS IN THE
S.EASTERN US DECIDUOUS FOREST
American Beech
Lady Fern
Northern Arrowood
Guelder Rose
White Oak
UNIQUE ADAPTATIONS OF
ANIMALS
• The animals adapt to the climate by
hibernating in the winter and living off the
land in the other three seasons. The
animals have adapted to the land by
trying the plants in the forest to see if they
are good to eat for a good supply of
food.
PICTURES OF ANIMALS IN THE
S.EASTERN US DECIDUOUS FOREST
Coyote
White Tailed Deer
American Bald Eagle
American Black Bear
Eastern Chipmunk
THINGS YOU WOULD NEED IF YOU VISITED
THE S.EASTERN US DECIDUOUS FOREST
• Winter: If you are planning to go during the winter season you should
plan on dressing in layers like heavy jackets, turtle necks, long sleeve
shirts, jeans ,and snow boots.
• Summer: If you plan on going in the summer you will want shorts and
short sleeve shirts during the days. Flip- flops are another need during
this time as well as tennis shoes in case you go hiking as one of you
activities.
• Fall and Spring: If you plan to vacation during this time you will
need warm clothes than most places for these seasons. Jeans, capris
or leggings will work for this time of year and short sleeved shirts
too. The type of shoes you would need include flats, boots, or tennis
shoes.
VENN DIAGRAM
Deciduous Forest
• Has five different
zones
• Has all four distinct seasons
Fall, Winter, Spring , and
Summer
• 30 to 60 inches of rainfall per
year
•
located in the United States,
Canada, Europe, China,
Japan, and a small part of
Australia.
Tropical Rainforest
Both
• Has four different layers
• Both are forest
• Both are land biomes
• Both deal with
deforestation
• Divided into the dry season
and the wet season
•
50 to 260 inches of rain
falls yearly.
• Located near the equator
IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
• Temperature: Certain temperatures allow for certain animals, plants,
fungi, and bacteria to live productively and comfortably. A change in
temperature could cause organisms that are important to that
ecosystem to die off or migrate.
• Precipitation: Precipitation is important for the deciduous forest to
maintain a stable amount of plant growth that is available for
consumers to eat, and important to have enough drinking water.
• Soil pH: Each plant within the Deciduous Forest Biome requires a
certain pH or percent hydrogen within their soil to grow and develop.
If the soil pH is changed, then some plant species will become
obsolete and new species will become prominent.
IMPACT OF LOCATION, CLIMATE, PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
• Location: A lot of people live in the Deciduous Forest, so they cut down trees
to build homes for themselves causing many animals to not have homes.
• Climate: It gets cold, hot, and humid so the plants and animal have
adapted to this climate in the Deciduous Forest.
• Physical Characteristics: The Appalachian Mountains cross through the
Deciduous Forest in North America, there could be animals that live in the
mountains that usually do not live the Deciduous Forest.
• Natural Resources: The distribution of natural resources like trees give homes
to animals like squirrels, chipmunks, and birds.
• Population Distribution: Population Distribution decides where certain animals
will live. For example, a family of eagles would live in a tree and a family of
opossums would live in or near a bush or shrub.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
• Deforestation: Since many people
live in the Deciduous Forest they cut
down trees to make homes for
themselves to live in taking homes
away from animals that live in and
around trees.
• Forest Fires: Natural fires destroy many
trees, and animals lose their homes.
Lightning usually causes natural fires.
• Air Pollution/ Acid Rain: When people
use cars and factories emit smoke in
the air it causes acid rain. When it rains
the acid inside the raindrops goes
inside trees and destroys them.
DID YOU KNOW ?
• The Deciduous Forest yields a lot of fruits and
vegetables.
• The tallest of all trees that grow in a temperate
deciduous forest biome is the Sequoia. They can be
up to 275 feet tall.
• Almost all the animals in the Deciduous Forest utilize
some form of camouflage.
CITATIONS
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http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_animal_page.htm
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http://blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm
• Deciduous Forest Plants. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2016, from
http://blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_plant_page.htm
• Rainforest Biomes. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
• Temperate forest. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2016, from
http://www.ri.net/schools/West_Warwick/manateeproject/Temperateforest/pands.htm
• By the Triassic Period (245-208 mya), gymnosperms dominated the Earth's forests. In
the Cretaceous Period (144-65m mya), the first flowering plants (angiosperms)
appeared. They evolved together with insects, birds, and mammals and radiated
rapidly, domina. (n.d.). The forest biome. Retrieved September 10, 2016, from
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php#temperate