Transcript The Shedding Rain Forest - Mercer Island School District

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Temperate Deciduous Forest Period 5
Company: Tree Huggers Inc.
Hank, Mia, Karina
 Eastern half of North America
 Middle of Europe
 Asia
 Southwest Russia
 Japan
 Eastern China
 Southern Chile
 Middle East coast of Paraguay
 New Zealand
 Southeastern Australia
Map
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Landscape Features
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5 zones in the Temperate Deciduous Forest:
1. Tree Stratum Zone
 Trees: oak, beech, maple, chestnut hickory, elm,
basswood, linden, walnut, and sweet gum trees.
 Height ranges between 60 feet and 100 feet in this
zone
2. Small Tree and Sapling Zone
 Young and short trees
Landscape Features (cont.)
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3. Shrub Zone
 Shrubs: rhododendrons, azaleas, mountain laurel,
and huckleberries.
4. Herb Zone
 Contains short plants such as herbal plants.
5. Ground Zone
 Contains lichen, club mosses, and true mosses.
Climate
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 Average annual temperature: 50° F
 The average yearly rainfall: 30 to 60 inches
 Four distinct seasons: spring, summer,
autumn, winter
 Autumn: leaves change color
 Winter: trees lose their leaves
 Animals adapt to the climate:
 Hibernating in the winter
 Living off the land in the other 3 seasons
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Monthly
Temperatures
Monthly
Precipitation
Seasonal Information
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“Come feel the warmth of the summer or the chill of
the winter!”
 This biome includes four separate seasons (spring,
summer, autumn, and winter)
 During the winter, the trees loose their leaves and
during autumn, the leaves change color.
 The animals are best seen during spring, summer,
and autumn, but during the winter the animals are
less likely to be seen because of hibernation.
Unique
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“A Temperate forest with four seasons! What a
variety!”
 The forest sheds its leaves once a year, that is why it
is called deciduous.
 The timber makes it very economically important
 The soil is rich it nutrition and minerals
 Plants create a sugar based compound that helps
prevent then from freezing.
Environmental Issues
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 The useful lumber found in this biome has lead to
devastating alterations due to its extraction.
 Industry has led to pollution of the air and water of
this environment.
 Invasive species due to human interaction
Invasive
specie: fungal
blight
Tourist Activities
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 Hiking in certain areas
 Experience the four different seasons
 Major cities, such as New York, are located in a
Temperate Deciduous Forest, making sightseeing
and urban activities plentiful
Plants and Animals
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 Large variety of animals, ranging
from deer, bald eagles, mosquitos,
American toad, and the eastern
chipmunk.
 Animal population changes due to
migration with the seasons
 Many different kinds of deciduous
trees:
 ie. oak, evergreen, birch
 Wildflowers, mushrooms, ferns, and
moss
Adaptations
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 Trees lose their leaves due to seasonal climate
changes
 Animals, such as the American Black Bear, hibernate
seasonally
References
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 http://www.ehow.com/facts_7867568_environment
al-problems-temperate-deciduous-forests.html
 http://natureandculture.org/countries/tropicaldeciduous-forests
 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Bio
me/biotemperate.php