Ecosystem Project (Deciduous Forests)
17
Ecosystem
Project!
Lilliana Raygoza
17/05/2022
Deciduous Forests
Biome
Biome
The Deciduous forests biome are found in the eastern half of North America, and the middle of Europe. The average annual temperature in a deciduous forest is 50° F. and the average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year. The deciduous forests have five different zones as well as four distinct and different seasons.
Different Zones
The first zone is the Tree Stratum zone, the Tree Stratum zone contains trees such as oak, beech, maple, chestnut hickory, elm, basswood, linden, walnut, and sweet gum trees. The zones height ranges between 60 feet and 100 feet. The second zone is known as the small tree and sapling zone. This zone has young, and short trees. The shrub zone is the third zone. Examples of shrubs in this zone are rhododendrons, azaleas, mountain laurel, and huckleberries. The Herb zone is the fourth zone. It contains short plants such as herbal plants. The final zone is the Ground zone. It contains lichen, club mosses, and true mosses.
The Different
Zones
The Different Seasons
The
Different Seasons
The deciduous forest has exactly four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. In the Autumn the leaves change color, typically from green to orange or red hues. During the winter months, the trees lose their leaves. Spring and Summer are when the leaves reappear.
What are Abiotic and Biotic Factors?
The two fundamental components that shape the environment are biotic and abiotic factors. All living beings in an ecosystem are referred to as biotic factors, while non-living components such as physical conditions. (temperature, pH, humidity, salinity, sunlight, etc.) As a result, both abiotic and biotic resources have an impact on survival and reproduction.
Abiotic &
Biotic Factors
Abiotic Factors in Deciduous Forests
Sunlight
Water
Abiotic
Factors
Some of the abiotic factors in the Deciduous forests include, rocks, soil, (nutrients) water, (snow, rain, rivers, lakes, humidity) air, (oxygen) sunlight, wind,
and temperature.
Rocks
biotic Factors in Deciduous Forests
Biotic
Factors
Some of the biotic factors of the Deciduous Forests include, DECIDUOUS TREES, BIRCH TREES, OAK TREES, EASTERN CHIPMUNK, GREY SQUIRREL, BROWN BEARS, RACOONS, FOXES, BEAVERS, MOOSE, NEWTS, CARDINALS, RED TAILED HAWK, LEAST WEASEL, WHITE-TAILED DEER, COYOTE, CARPET MOSS, LADY FERN, and the COMMON LIME. There are also different kinds of plants such as shrubs.
What are Food Chains?
Food
Chains
In the wild, the food chain describes who eats whom. From single-celled algae to enormous blue whales, all living things require food to thrive. Each food chain represents a potential path for energy and nutrients to travel through the environment.
Second Food Chain
Eastern Chipmunk
(Omnivore/Secondary Consumer)
Coyote
(Omnivore/Tertiary Consumer)
Brown Bear
(Apex Predator)
Tree
(Producer)
Cardinal
(Omnivore/Primary Consumer)
Second Food Chain
First Food chain
Brown Bear
(Omnivore/Tertiary Consumer)
Tree
(Producer)
Grey Squierrl
(Omnivore/Primary Consumer)
Fox
(Omnivore/Secondary Consumer)
First Food Chain
Food Web
Food Web
What is an Energy Pyramid?
Energy
Pyramid
An energy pyramid is a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic layers of an ecosystem, it is also known as a trophic or ecological pyramid.
Apex Predator
0.15 Kcal
Energy Pyramid for the Deciduous Forests
Tertiary Consumers
1.5 Kcal
15 Kcal
My Energy Pyramid
Secondary Consumers
Primary Consumers
150 Kcal
Producers
1500 Kcal