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Mo1-L2b: What are Temperate Deciduous and Temperate Rain Forest?

These forests are the most common forest
What are Temperate Deciduous and
Mo1-L2b Temperate Rain Forest? ecosystems in the United States.

KEY CONCEPTS: They include mostly deciduous trees, which lose
1. How are temperate deciduous rain forests their leaves in the fall.
different from temperate rain forests?

Vocabulary A-Z

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Taiga
a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing
evergreen trees.
Summers are hot and humid and winter
temperatures are often below freezing and snowy.

Some animals in temperate deciduous forests spend
the winter in hibernation.

Humans have cleared thousands of acres of Earth’s
deciduous forests for farms and cities.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
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Tundra 21 50
a biome that is cold, dry, and treeless. 16 45
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Key Concept
What are Temperate Deciduous and Temperate
Temperate Deciduous Forest Biomes Rain Forest?

Temperate deciduous forests grow in temperate How are temperate deciduous rain forest different
regions where winter and summer climates have from temperate raint forest?
more variation than those in temperate rain forests.

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