NonFiction- Main Idea

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What does the article explain?

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All living things in a forest are connected.

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Deciduous forests are in temperate climates with warm summers and cool winters. What does temperate mean?

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mild

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Deciduous forests have five different zones. Different types of living things can be found in each section. What word means the SAME as zones?

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areas

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Evidence from paragraph 4 on page 86:

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The herb zone is home to plant and animal life.

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In the sentence, 'The animals, plants, and other organisms in the zones have learned to survive together,' what does 'organisms' mean?

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living things

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Nutrients in the context of forest plants taking in from soil.

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food

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Living things in the shrub layer:

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birds

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Sunlight is crucial to the canopy.

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paragraph 1, page 86

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Commonality of understory and shrub layers?

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Animals inhabit these layers.

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Canopy refers to the top layer in a forest, home to the tallest trees.

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zone