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Temperate Deciduous Forest
Brady Creamer
Connor Mullin
Viktor Moravek
Location
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Eastern United States
Canada
Europe
China
Japan
Climate
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-30°C to 30°C
yearly average is 10°C
hot summers
cold winters
Defining Features
• Four seasons
• Leaves change colors in
autumn, fall off in the
winter, grow back in
spring
• Some animal s
hibernate
Plant Adaptation
• There are many types of
trees and plants, during
the cold winters, their
leaves fall off which
protect the earth and
smaller plants.
• The trees are equipped
with thick bark that
protects them from the
winters
Animal Adaptation
• Some animals hibernate
during the winter
• For example, some
rodents store up fat,
then hibernate during
cold winters
Threats
• Air pollutants from fuels • Clearing land for use in
- destroying forests,
agriculture and clear cut
killing wildlife and
logging - destroyed and
poisoning the soil
continue to destroy
millions of trees
• Acid rain - damages
their leaves and causes • Mining - damaged to
production of smaller
the extent that forests
fruit and less seeds
do not re-grow on the
used in reproduction
damaged and depleted
soils
Air Pollution
Clear-cut logging
Mining in Germany
Fall Foliage
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