Temperate Forest Biome Research Paper

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When you think of a Temperate biome what do you think? A temperate biome is a woodland which contains a large variety of trees and plants but is not as dense as a tropical rain forest. The climate of a temperate forest is mainly humid and receives heavy rainfall year round. The temperate forest is a combination of abiotic and biotic . This type of forest has lakes and streams which make part of the ecosystem,a biological community, abiotic or non-living natural made substances . However, most of the temperate forest is biotic, which means naturally living organism. This can include many animals and plants that live in the temperate forest habitat,or natural home. At the top of the temperate forests' food chain, series of organisms …show more content…
An example of this is the energy pyramid, which is the cycle of energy as it travels from animal to animal through the trophic levels(stages of the energy pyramid). As the sun gives energy to the producers the primary consumers feed off of them taking some of the energy, and on and on, until it is at the top of the pyramid with the tertiary consumers making them interdependent,depending on each other, on each other for energy. For example, the bees take the pollen from flowers to spread throughout other places, the herbivores, and omnivores, plant and meat eaters, depend on the abiotic elements to live, and the ticks feed on the deer's blood. These are all examples of symbiosis and also showing that each animal, or organism has a niche, or position, in the community. All the different species, a group of one living organism, depend on each other to keep their ecosystem alive. Many biodiverse, variety of animals, animals can be found in the temperate forest biome. Including regulators, animals that can adjust to an environment, and conformers, animals that have to find an environment to fit their needs. An example of a regulator is mammals and birds. However, the conformers mainly include many insects like bees and

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