The Temperate Deciduous Forest has all four seasons, winter, summer, spring, and fall. The animals have to adapt a little bit in each season to help them survive.
Animals in the Temperate Deciduous Forest have adapted in different ways to survive. Migration is one of the adaptations birds have made to fly to places that are warm and also have good food sources in the winter.
Food storage is an adaptation that squirrels, chipmunks use to have food throughout the winter. After it is gathered food is stored in holes in trees. The cold temperature prevents the decomposition of the nuts and seeds that the animals store, making them last.
Some animals hibernate to survive the cold winter. They make homes in a hole in the ground or in another place were they can survive during the winter.
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Animals are not the only ones that have to adapt, many species of plant and trees have to adapt to.
In the summer the trees grow and make seeds when they have a lot of energy they can use. Since there is a lot of sunlight in the summer, the plants use photosynthesis to produce their energy.
In the summer the trees grow and make seeds when they have a lot of energy they can use. Since there is a lot of sunlight in the summer, the plants use photosynthesis to produce their energy.
As the season changes and gets colder the trees runs out of energy the leaves fall off. When the snow comes in the winter the branches are not damaged because they are bare and the snow doesn't weigh them down.
The trees have also adapted by growing thick bark barriers that make it hard for animals to use them as homes, therefore no damage is done to the tree, and they do not die.