Temperate Deciduous Forest

Animals/Plants

100

Name 2 types of trees found in the Deciduous Forest

maple, elm, oak, hickory, beech, birch

200

The word "Deciduous" literally means

tends to fall off.

300

Double Jeopardy.  Deciduous tree leaves change color because they stop producing?

The sun goes down earlier, changing photosynthesis which also changes the amount of chlorophyll.

400

What two types of vegetation grow on the forest floor?

moss and shrubs

500

What do you call it when animals blend in with their environments

camouflage

Geographics/ Climate

100

Name the seasons the temperate deciduous forest has.

What is Winter, Summer, Spring, and Fall.

200

Double Jeopardy  Name two regions in the world where  the temperate deciduous forest is found.

What is Eastern North America, Western and Middle Europe, Northern Austalia

300

Another name for the deciduous forest is?

Temperate

400

The Deciduous forest receives the ___________________ most rainfall of all the Biomes

Second

500

Double Jeopardy.  Name the biome with the highest rainfall, the only one that has more than the temperate deciduous forest.

What is the RAIN forrest.

Adaptations

100

Temperatures in the winter in the Deciduous Forest are usually below

freezing

200

The forest floor doesn't get (receive) lots of this

sunlight

300

Name two major animal adaptations used in the winter.

What is hibernation and migration.

400

Double jeopardy.  The soil in the Deciduous Forest is rich and _____________

fertile

500

Double Jeopardy.  Animals have ways to ____________ to the changing seasons

Adapt

A Ha

100

What does a White-tailed deer do during the hot months and cold months

Changes the coloring of its hide and grows a winter coat and sheds it during warmer months

200

Name 2 other animals that live in the Deciduous forest besides the black bear and deer

insects, spiders, coyotes, turtles, snakes, wolves, salamanders, and many types of birds

300

True or False.  Deciduous Forests get 10 in. of rain  per year

False.  30-60 in

400

Double Jeopardy.  What is Mr. B's Dragon Ball Z's favorite character

Goku

500

When a bear hibernates, how does it survive without going out for food.

It eats a lot before it hibernate and lives off of the stored fat

Random

100

Most of the birds from the Deciduous Forest ___________________ for the winter months

migrate

200

Trees provide ________________ for the animals

shelter and sometimes food

300

Double Jeopardy. Salamanders, snakes and frogs do this to keep warm during the brutal winter months

burrow

400

True or False.  The leaves of most deciduous trees are small and narrow

False  large and broad

500

Double Jeopardy.  An owl's favorite place to hide out in the winter is

The hollowed out tree trunk