Location

09/25/2008 09:32

Where is the temperate deciduous biome found?

The temperate deciduous biome can be found in numerous places. It is mainly found in the eastern United States, but it's also found in Europe, China, Japan, and Canada (New Hampshire Public Television 1).

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Plant Life

09/15/2008 12:41

Plant Life

  Temperate deciduous forests have three levels of plants; lichens, moss, ferns, wildflowers, and other small plants found on the ground. Shrubs are around in the middle level, and trees like maple, oak, birch, magnolia, sweet gum and beech trees are the third level to the three of this biome....

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Animal Life

09/15/2008 12:41

Animal Life

Many different animals live in this biome. There are different sorts of insects and spiders, worms and slugs, many different amphibious creatures, varieties of reptiles, and plenty of diverse mammals. The animals, which choose to live in the temperate deciduous biome, require themselves to adapt to...

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Climate

09/25/2008 09:23

The Climate

The temperate deciduous forest biome has a climate of -30°C to 30°C, depending on the time of year. The summers are hot, and the winters are cold. Throughout the year, the biome receives about 750mm-1,500mm of percipitation (EO experiments 1).

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What happens to the trees in the different seasons?

09/18/2008 09:33

Seasons

The trees found in this biome are mostly all deciduous. Deciduous trees absorb plenty of sunlight throughout the summer, and by winter, their leaves are gone. They begin to “withdraw some of their chemical contents” (Allaby XVI) and stop providing others. From these changes, the colors of the...

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