TDFQUESTIONS

-The temperate deciduous forest is located about 30 degrees south of the equator. The eastern part of the US and canada, most of europe, china, and japan.
 * What is the geographic location? **

**What kinds of activities could people do in this location?** -People go to the desert to camp, hike, bike, fish, birdwatching, geocaching, desert, caves, and horseback riding.

**What kinds of plants and animals live there? **
 * Plants- ** American beech, carpet moss, common lime, Guelder rose, lady fern, northern arrowweed, pecan, white oak,
 * Animals- ** Black bear, fox, brown bear, eastern chipmunk, European hedgehog, bobwhite quail, copperhead, salamander

**What kind of clothes should they bring? ** - The climate changes from cold and dry to wet and warm, so dress comfortable for warm and chilly weather. The average temperature for a year in the temperate forest is about 50 degrees F. In the summer it gets around 80 to 90 degrees F. Winter highs are around 30 to 55 degrees F.

**Are there any threats to the temperate forest? ** **One of the problems with the tropics is the prevalence of parasitic diseases found there, many transmitted by mosquitoes or other insects. The biggest threat to temperate forests is development and agriculture. ** Other threats to the forest come from logging. Acid rain  from coal-burning is another threat, as is global warming, which in particular may change rainfall patterns.