Zoology on Temperate Deciduous Forest
Abiotic and Biotic factors impact an area’s overall health. A couple
examples are a bird (biotic) eats a plant (abiotic) this helps the bird’s
health. After that bird is healthy it has energy. Then a hawk (biotic) eats
the bird. The energy and goes into the hawk to make it healthy. If the
first level consumer (bird) is over eaten by the second level consumer
and dies off and does not eat the producer (plant) the producer will
over grow and affect the area. If the first level consumer dies off, then
the second level consumer (hawk) won’t get food and the will die.
Abiotic and Biotic organisms repeat the cycle of producer is eaten by
the first level consumer then it is eaten by second level consumer. If an
area has this cycle it is healthy with a stable population of abiotic and
biotic organisms. This is how abiotic and biotic factors affect the area in
which they are living in.
Herbivores:
1. Whitetail Deer
2. Monarch Caterpillar
3. Porcupine
Carnivores:
1. Brown Bear
2. Wolverine
3. Hawk
Omnivore:
1. Blue Jay
2. Sparrow
3. Crow
Decomposer:
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down other organisms after
they die. One of the most common decomposers in a temperate
deciduous forest is a maggot. Decomposers are very important to this
biome because the dead organism is not just laying there forever and
this is a win-win situation. The biome is not full of dead organisms and a
decomposer gets its meal. Fungi are another common decomposer.
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Food Chain:
Two examples of food chains are:
Crow, second level consumer
Caterpillar, primary consumer
Bush, producer
Hawk, second level consumer
Mouse, Primary consumer
Leaf, Producer
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Adaptations:
The grizzly bear adapts to this biome because it has the perfect body to
survive in the conditions. It adapted to its food, its weather and its
home. It uses its fur to warm its self in the winter. It uses its scent to
find its food, and it lives in caves to be warmed in the winter. All
animals adapt to there environments, and a in different ways.
Acknowledgments:
Thank you to Mrs. Brown, the best teacher ever.