THE TEMPERATE FOREST MAP

BIOTIC FACTORS: WILDFLOWER PLANTS

• a lot of sunlight to make a lot of food for the tree in warm weather
• Small leaves reduce the effects of solar radiation and water loss.
• For adaption when the weather gets cooler, the broad leaves cause too much water loss and can be weighed down by too much snow, so the tree drops its leaves.

BIOTIC FACTORS: COUGAR

• Their primary prey is deer, but they also eat porcupines, raccoons, birds, small mammals, foxes, mice, and grass.
• Animals in deciduous forests have to adapt to changing seasons. Some animals hibernate or migrate during the winter to escape the cold. Others grow thick fur and/or layers of fat to help make it through the winter months.

Abiotic factors

• Soil- Mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
• Sun- A star It is a huge, spinning, glowing sphere of hot gas.
• Wind- Refers to the air movement from high pressure to low-pressure areas.
• Temperature- degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto are within the temperate forest region. The temperate forest biome also covers Pyongyang in North Korea and Seoul and Busan in South Korea. In China, the major cities of Shanghai and Beijing fall in this zone.

Resources

• Blue Planet www.blueplanetbiomes.org The Wild Classroom www.thewildclassroom.com Earth Observatory www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov
• https://www.britannica.com/science/temperate-forest