LET'S FIND OUT BIOMES WHAT ARE TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS HEATHER MOORE NIVER Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
FantastiC Forests Forests are fascinating A large area filled with many trees is called a forest It is hard to imagine a resource that provides more benefits for humans than do forests Food shelter tools and fuels are all products of this natural treasury Forests grow in almost every part of the world Every forest is a complex living system made up of thickly growing trees bushes vines and other plants There are several different types of forest biome They include the taiga and tropical rainforests Another type of forest biome is one in which temperate deciduous 4 This forest’s leaves drop in the fall
Vocabulary trees are the native trees Such forests are found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere They have four distinct seasons The trees in a temperate deciduous forest shed their leaves in the fall A wide variety of plants trees and animals grow and live here This map shows Earth’s major biomes 5 A biome is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things
