Animals and plants in the temperate deciduous forests | Geography

Starter quiz

______ is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).
- 'climate' ✓
What is a climate zone?
- an area that has similar weather all year round
- an area with extreme climatic conditions
- an area that has lots of different weather conditions in different places
- an area that has similar weather conditions and climate ✓
What is an organism?
- a living thing ✓
- a non-living thing
- a living or non-living thing
- an animal
Which definition correctly describes the term 'migrate'?
- to move from one place to another with the intention of staying there ✓
- to travel somewhere on holiday for up to 3 months
- humans move from one place to another with the intention of staying there
- humans travel somewhere on holiday for up to 3 months
Which key word below does this describe? 'A region or climate that has moderate rainfall, mild to warm summers and cool to cold winters'.
- desert
- polar
- tropical
- temperate ✓
Name the type of forest found in the UK.
- 'temperate' ✓

Which are examples of plants that live in the temperate deciduous forest?
- cacti
- bluebells ✓
- banana trees
- beech trees ✓
Which are examples of animals which live in the temperate deciduous forest?
- squirrels ✓
- hedgehogs ✓
- nightingales ✓
- turtles
- elephants
Why have deciduous trees adapted to the seasonal climate by losing leaves in the winter?
- there is less sunlight in the winter so less photosynthesis occurs ✓
- it conserves energy ✓
- the trees die in winter
- it prevents water loss through pores in the leaves ✓
- the leaves freeze and fall off
Match the animals to their adaptation.
- Squirrel
  
  ⇔
  
  storing food ✓
- Hedgehog
  
  ⇔
  
  hibernation ✓
- Nightingale
  
  ⇔
  
  migration ✓

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Animals such as squirrels, hedgehogs, and birds, such as nightingales, can be found in temperate deciduous forests.
Plants such as oak trees, beech trees and bluebells can be found in temperate deciduous forests.
Animals and plants adapt to living in seasonal conditions in different ways.

Only animals adapt to different conditions.

Many plants and animals adapt in many different ways to their surroundings.

Climate zone - an area that has similar weather conditions and climate, e.g. the tropics
Organism - a living thing
Migrate - to move from one place to another with the intention of staying there
Temperate - a region or climate that has moderate rainfall, mild to warm summers and cool to cold winters