Transcript Ecosystem Snapshot – Forests

ECOSYSTEM
SNAPSHOT: FORESTS
FEATURED POPULATION:
EASTERN BOX TURTLE
ANIMAL FACTS:
ADAPTATIONS
• Turtles use their shells for protection.
• Eastern box turtles hibernate in the
winter, usually under dead leaves or
inside of old stumps of trees.
• Female turtles build nests to lay eggs.
TURTLES: BASIC
NEEDS
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Basic Needs
Shelter/Habitat
air
water
shelter
food
• shell protects
the turtle
• live on land
Food
• insects
• snails
• plants
THE FOREST
COMMUNITY
squirrel
rabbit
crab
owl
bear
THE FOREST
THE FOREST
ECOSYSTEM
• The temperate forest has
four visible, distinct
seasons.
• Deciduous temperate forests have
a moderate climate.
• Precipitation in deciduous
temperate forests ranges from
75cm to 150 cm a year.
THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM
• There are many varieties of
plants and wildlife in a
temperate deciduous forest.
• There are many varieties of
trees, including evergreens and
conifers.
PHOTO CREDITS
Photos are courtesy of clip art and
Wikimedia; released to public domain