The forest is filled with wild habitat such as reptiles, animals, insects and trees. Most trees in a temperate forest are deciduous, which means the tree loses its leaves their leaves in the winter. Examples of deciduous trees in temperate forest are maple, hickory, oak, or beech. White-Tailed Deer is the largest plant-eating animals in the forest and largest mammal is a temperate forest is the Black Bear. According to Marietta College Department of Biology and Environmental Science (n.d.), “the biggest threat to the forest population is development and agriculture.”
Treacherous rainfalls are also able to produce landsides. In Snow Facts for Kids, on the website www.sciencekids.co.nz, the highest amount of rainfall recorded in a one year’s time was 25.4 meters or 1000 inches in Cherrapunji, India. Also large amounts of snow can create huge drifts. And snow can also stick to tree limbs causing them to break and fall on houses and cars. Snow can also stick to power lines and cause power outages.
The precipitation can fall in the form of rain or snow, with snow becoming more likely at higher elevations. The average annual temperature is above 0� C, largely influenced by the nearby ocean. The warmest of the temperate rainforests may have average annual temperatures around 20� C. Plants- Indian Paintbrush – Castilleja, Bigleaf Maple - Acer macrophyllum Animals- Banana Slug, Ariolimax columbianus, Clark's nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana, Blue grouse - Dendragapus obscurus timber cutting is the number one threat to these forests, The silt, and the nutrients and pollutants it carries, are a threat to near shore marine organisms as well as freshwater organisms in the river itself, and the area the silt is coming from Temperate Deciduous Forest Location – North America, western Europe, China, Japan, Korea Australia The latitude range is anywhere from 23 ° north to 38 ° south. Most deciduous forests have mild summers averaging about 70 °F. Winter temperatures are fairly cool with an average temperature of a little below freezing.
The forest floor is littered with leaves and decaying vegetation. Decomposition by bacteria and molds is rapid, and nutrients are quickly recycled into new plant growth. This is due to the poor soil quality in tropical rain forests. Nutrient layers only exist in a thin topsoil that is replenished by dead plant and animal remains. However, there are rain forests that have rich soils; these are typically areas of volcanic activity where volcanic soils comprise a nutrient-rich base for forest growth.
Their coats camouflage them during hunting it helps them blend in with the snow and ice. The bear characteristic makes them able to survive in such cold weather. Global warming has a tremendous effect on the wellbeing of polar bears and their habitat. Global warming has put on a lot of stress to many parts of the earth. It makes the sea rise, and when this happen
Trees grow up to 40m high, break through the low cloud layer and gain the sunlight. The leaves have tips that curve downwards so the rain drips off. The undergrowth will spring up wherever light reaches the forest floor and fallen leaves and plant matter rot swiftly to provide the nutrients that the rest of the plants require. The region is home to about 2.5 million insect species, tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals. One in five of all the birds in the world live in the rainforests of the Amazon.
China happens to contain a total of 60% of the habitats compared to those areas. Snow Leopards prefer broken terrain of cliffs, rocky outcrops and ravines. These types of habitats provide good cover and a clear view to find prey. Invasive Species It’s not competing with any other invasive species at this point in time because these animals can eat animals up to two times their own size. However the Snow Leopard does compete with hunters who illegally hunt them for the selling’s of their organs.
Surviving Cold Conditions This essay will discuss the two types of foxes, the British red fox and the arctic fox. I will mainly focus on how animals adapt to living in hot and cold climates, how the surface area affects temperature loss, how also the volume: ratio affects heat loss and furthermore how to calculate the surface area to volume: ratio? These are the main points that will be conversed in the thesis. How animals adapt to living in cold climates? Initially, Arctic foxes are very well adapted to cold climates.
SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT The Environmental Impacts of Pesticides Paige March 8, 2012 In Canada, more than 500 pesticides have officially been approved. They are generally classified as herbicides, insecticides or fungicides and are used to target specific plants insects or molds. However applying pesticides can cause environmental problems such as damage to eco zones, aquatic ecosystems by surface runoff, erosion and wind which are all contributors to agricultural contamination. Pesticides can be mishandled or misused. The effects of pesticides can be devastating.
The colder cycles are referred to as glacial periods and the warmer cycles are referred to as interglacial periods. These periods occur on intervals of 40,000 and 100,000 years. During these cycles ice sheets and glaciers advance and retreat with respect to the climatic conditions. The last glacial period, the Wisconsin Glaciation, ended approximately 11,000 years ago. The deglaciation of ice sheets and glaciers, which happens when we enter a interglacial warming period, are important because they have an immense impact on the land structure and vegetation throughout our continent, as well as the rest of the world.