Temperate Deciduous Forest

The biome known for trees with broad leaves that fall off the trees in the winter.

• Coniferous Forests
• Deciduous Forests
• Deserts
• Tropical Rain Forests

Temperate deciduous forest are located between which two areas:

• the tropics and the cold land around the poles
• the equator and North America
• Antartica and Africa
• near the equator

The soil in the deciduous forest is 

• poor and rocky
• rich in nutrients 
• permafrost (frozen solid) 
• poor thin soil 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The animals you find in the deciduous forests are  

•  very few animals–often nocturnal       
• many small mammals, birds, insects, etc. 
• Many large mammals 
• lots of diverse animals 

What is the MAIN threat imposed on Deciduous Forests?

• road construction
• mining
• People cutting down trees
• none of the above

Deciduous plants shed leaves in ________ and grow back in _________.

• Summer, winter

• Autumn, spring

• Spring, autumn

• Winter, summer

Because of the change in seasons, some animals in a deciduous forest _________ & some __________.

• Hibernate

• Freeze

• Grow

• Migrate

Temperate rainforest have more climate variation than deciduous forests.

• True

• False