1. Temperate Deciduous Forest
Brady Creamer
Connor Mullin
Viktor Moravek

2. Location
Eastern United States
Canada
Europe
China
Japan

3. Climate
-30°C to 30°C
yearly average is 10°C
hot summers
cold winters

4. Defining Features Four seasons
Leaves change colors in autumn, fall off in the winter, grow back in spring
Some animal s hibernate

5. Plant Adaptation
There are many types of trees and plants, during the cold winters, their leaves fall off which protect the earth and smaller plants.
The trees are equipped with thick bark that protects them from the winters

6. Animal Adaptation Some animals hibernate during the winter
For example, some rodents store up fat, then hibernate during cold winters

7. Threats
Air pollutants from fuels - destroying forests, killing wildlife and poisoning the soil
Acid rain - damages their leaves and causes production of smaller fruit and less seeds used in reproduction
Clearing land for use in agriculture and clear cut logging - destroyed and continue to destroy millions of trees
Mining - damaged to the extent that forests do not re-grow on the damaged and depleted soils

8. Air Pollution
Clear-cut logging

9. Fall Foliage
Mining in Germany

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