DECIDUOUS FOREST

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DECIDUOUS FOREST
WILLIAM D., CATIE W., JASLEEN P.
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Where is ecosystem located?

• Mostly in the Northern Hemisphere
• Few in the Southern Hemisphere
• North America, Asia, and Europe
• Connecticut!

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Describe the abiotic factors of your ecosystem

• Really rich soil
• Temperatures average about 50 degrees Fahrenheit
• The four seasons are Fall, Winter, Spring, and
  Summer

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Producer Tree. How does your producer rely on
other organisms in the Deciduous forest to
survive?

• Burying beetles bury dead animals, decomposing
  bodies provide nutrients
• Earthworms scoot through the dirt to provide
  nutrients
• In the winter the leaves die, fall, and decompose
  to provide nutrients

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How do other organisms of your ecosystem rely on
your producer to survive?

• Rotting plants turn into soil
• Caterpillars need branches to climb on and get
  leaves.
• Tops of the trees form a canopy, monkeys and
  birds live up there
• Baby bears climb trees to be safe
• Beavers make their homes by chewing down trees
• Trees make air for people to survive

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How do humans affect your ecosystem?

• Humans cut down trees
• Littering - garbage covers the forest floor
• Pollution in some rivers and air
• People are trying to help make the forest a
  better place

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Choose one biotic or abiotic factor in your
ecosystem describe how a change in one of these
could affect your ecosystem.

• Change Pollution
• Worms make the soil cleaner and die because of
  pollution
• Without trees there are no homes for the beavers,
  no hiding spots for bears
• Without trees air would be polluted for humans

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Other interesting facts

• People depend on trees for air
• Acid rain comes from pollution
• Forests in Eastern Europe are dying because of
  acid rain
• Skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to
  emerge in spring
• When you cut down a tree you can count the rings
  on the tree to see how old it is
• You can determine what the weather was like by
  how
• far apart the rings are on the tree

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Sources Used

• Howard, Fran. Forests. Edina, MN Buddy Books,
  2007. Print
• Sayre, April P. Temperate Deciduous Forest.
  Brookfield, CT Twenty-First Century books, 1994.
  Print.