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Where are temperate deciduous forests located?
Forests are found all over the world. They're located in the eastern half of North America, central Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Bear Bears adapt to the climate by hibernating in the winter. Other animals like birds migrate during the winter. | Raccoon Raccoons adapt to the forest by using the trees as their home. | Deer Deer adapt to the biome by trying the plants to see if they're a good food supply. |
Bear
Bears adapt to the climate by hibernating in the winter. Other animals like birds migrate during the winter.
Raccoon
Raccoons adapt to the forest by using the trees as their home.
Deer
Deer adapt to the biome by trying the plants to see if they're a good food supply.
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Snake This snake has an advantage living in the forest because it can camoflauge itself under the leaves and catch prey more easily. | Gray Squirrel Animals like squirrels have to adapt to hot summers and cold winters in order to survive. |
Snake
This snake has an advantage living in the forest because it can camoflauge itself under the leaves and catch prey more easily.
Gray Squirrel
Animals like squirrels have to adapt to hot summers and cold winters in order to survive.
How is the temperate deciduous forest threatened?
Development and agriculture have played a huge part in affecting forests. As more homes are built, more forests are destroyed because the climate is favorable and the soil is very good for agrictulture. Another threat is logging, which is cutting down trees and using the timber. These both have a very negative impact on the biome. The temperate deciduous forest is very important to the world because it provides a home for many animals. The trees also provide oxygen; without them, the earth would be a lot more polluted.
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Maple tree Trees like maple trees adapt to the environment by losing their leaves in the winter. After the leave falls off, a leaf scar is left, which is a protective covering that seals where the leaf was attached. If this process didn't happen, the water in the leaves would freeze and therefore damage the leaves because bacteria and fungi could easily destroy it. | Oak tree Oak trees are very massive. Their roots extend outwards, unlike other trees. | Mountain laurel shrub Plants adapt to the climate by making a concentrated sugar solution so the water in their stems don't freeze during the winter. |
Maple tree
Trees like maple trees adapt to the environment by losing their leaves in the winter. After the leave falls off, a leaf scar is left, which is a protective covering that seals where the leaf was attached. If this process didn't happen, the water in the leaves would freeze and therefore damage the leaves because bacteria and fungi could easily destroy it.
Oak tree
Oak trees are very massive. Their roots extend outwards, unlike other trees.
Mountain laurel shrub
Plants adapt to the climate by making a concentrated sugar solution so the water in their stems don't freeze during the winter.
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Moss Moss is very abundant in the forest, and absorbs rain water in order to grow. | Tree sapling Tree saplings use available nutrients found in the soil of the temperate deciduous forest. |
Moss
Moss is very abundant in the forest, and absorbs rain water in order to grow.
Tree sapling
Tree saplings use available nutrients found in the soil of the temperate deciduous forest.
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Duck-billed platypus An endangered species that is found in Australia. It used to be hunted, but the problem now is that Australia has had a climate change and the waters that the duck-billed platypus swims in have become too warm. This makes it very difficult for it to survive. | Red panda The red panda is endangered because of deforestation. Their natural homes are becoming smaller and smaller as forests are cut down. The pandas have to find another home if they want to survive. |
Duck-billed platypus
An endangered species that is found in Australia. It used to be hunted, but the problem now is that Australia has had a climate change and the waters that the duck-billed platypus swims in have become too warm. This makes it very difficult for it to survive.
Red panda
The red panda is endangered because of deforestation. Their natural homes are becoming smaller and smaller as forests are cut down. The pandas have to find another home if they want to survive.