Download The Deciduous Forest Biome

The Deciduous Forest Biome
By: Julia Geer, Denise Ponce , Saloni
Sharma, and Mike Brath
Basic Description
•The average annual temperature in a deciduous
forest is 50° F.
•The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year.
•There are 4 distinct seasons (fall, winter, spring,
and summer)
Variety of Organisms
Eastern Chipmunk
European Red Squirrel
American Black
Bear
Guelder Rose
Lady Fern
White Oak
White Tailed Deer
Coyote
American Bald
Eagle
Located
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Eastern
eastern half of North America,
middle of Europe.
Asia
southwest Russia
Japan
South America has two big areas of deciduous forests
in southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay
• New Zealand, and southeastern Australia also.
What makes a Deciduous Forest
different from other biomes?
In a Deciduous forest there are 5 zones
•Sapling
•Tree Stratum
•Shrub
• Herb
• Ground
Food Web
Producers (plants)
Primary consumers
(eat producers)
Secondary
consumers
(eat primary
consumers)
Tertiary
Consumers (eat
secondary
consumers)
Food Chain
Primary
Secondary
Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Abiotic:
• Temperature
• Sunlight: present during all 4 seasons
• Water: in forms of lakes, creaks, and rivers
• Precipitation
• Rock: present in our biodome
Biotic:
• Animals
• Plants
Cycling of Nutrients
The way the ecosystem would work
without a level
If one level is gone there will
slowly be a domino effect
and cause the whole
ecosystem to fall apart.
Strengths
•Many Trees provide coverage for animals
Weaknesses
• Drastic changes in temperature due to
seasons
•Floods
•Floods
•Falling leaves enrich soil
• Popular for hunting
•The season Spring promotes new life
•Popular for resources
• Materials and food
•Disease wipes out many plants
•Plants are most likely to grow back again
•A victim to deforestation
•Animals are able to adapt
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