AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Temperate deciduous forests are biomes with many broad-leaved trees that shed their leaves in the fall. These forests are also known as deciduous forests because the trees have flat and wide leaves. The Temperate deciduous forests are usually located in the Earth’s mid-latitudes, between the tropics and the arctic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The deciduous forest is characterized by trees that lose their leaves at the end of each growing season. In Minnesota these woodlands include sugar maples in areas where lakes, rivers, and rugged terrain protect them from fire. At the prairie’s edge, where fires are common, oaks dominate.

Detailed explanation-3: -In temperate forests in the Northern Hemisphere, trees shed their leaves during autumn as a cold season. In tropical and subtropical forests, trees shed their leaves at the beginning of the dry season. Many types of trees shed their leaves as a strategy to avoid harsh weather conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autumn is also called fall season and the trees shed their leaves during the autumn. The trees shed their leaves and flowers inorder to survive the upcoming harsh cold winters. Q.

Detailed explanation-5: -The leaves of the deciduous trees have a tendency to lose water. But during the dry season, water is scarce. Hence, deciduous trees shed their leaves to prevent water loss.