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Picture taken by Tiffany Phifer

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Deciduous ForestWhere we live!4 Seasons- Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer Mild Summers and Winters: Summer months usually

begin in early June and end in late August. Winter months don't begin until December.

Moderate Rainfall: average 30 to 60 inches a year.

Almost all of the world's deciduous forest is located by an ocean. The ocean and the wind play a role in the temperature and climate change of changing seasons.

Deciduous Forest

Deciduous forests contain trees that have leaves that change colors seasonally and fall off during cold seasons

Carotenoids- pigment produced in the chloroplast during the fall seasons. Gives leaves the red, yellow, and orange colors.

Plants include: Maples, Oaks, HickoryBroad leaves allow more sunlight to be captured for photosynthesis

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AnimalsDeer, squirrels, rabbits, racoons

Adaptations:-Birds migrate during the colder

seasons to warmer climates.-Animals shed fur during the warmer

seasons.-Hibernation- period of dormancy and

little activity to slow metabolism when food is more scarce.

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Tropical Rain Forest

Wettest and Hottest Biome on Earth!

Over 100 inches of rainfall a year

No Seasons - Soil is very nutrient-poor

More Biodiversity than any other biome› 70% of the species are trees

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Emergent Layer

Canopy Layer

Understory Layer

Shrub Layer

Subterranian

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Adaptations?

Plants Animals

Adaptations Plants

› Grow tall to get sunlight

› Vines grow up trees to reach sunlight

› Not many branches

› Deep Roots

› Thinner Bark

Animals› Stay in the shaded

Shrub layer

› No fir

› Birds beaks adapted for eating berries and fruit

› Arms and hands for climbing

› Camoflague

Tropical Rain Forest Precipitation

Dec. Forest Precipitation

Trop. RF Temperatures

Dec. Forest Temperatures