Temperate Biome

Question 1

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	Days are shorter and temperatures are lower in winter, so photosynthesis is less effective during winter
	Birds eat more leaves during the winter, so they would eat all the tree leaves
	They’re worn out and there is no more nitrogen left in them
	If they didn’t, snow could pile up on their branches and break them off
	1 and 2

Question 2

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	To find food
	To avoid predators
	To mate
	It’s too cold in the temperate forest

Question 3

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	The soil
	The forest floor
	The canopy

Question 4

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	Have large leaves which aren’t lost in the winter
	Have needles that are kept throughout the year
	Lose their leaves in the winter

Question 5

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	The sun is no longer turning them green
	Green chlorophyll is being removed, revealing other pigments in the leaves
	Chemical reactions are occurring because it’s getting colder

Question 6

Temperate forests are forests with extreme climates.

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	True
	False

Question 7

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	From mycorrhizae (fungi) around their roots
	From their roots
	From the seed when they germinate
	From their leaves

Question 8

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	When animals become inactive during the winter
	When birds hide food
	When plants lose their leaves
	When animals return from the south in the summer