Earths+Climate(Temperate)

=Earths Climate - Temperate= = = = = = =

The Temperate Rain Forest is a richly productive biome. Mild temperatures and rainfall encourage plant growth, and the forest is covered with plant life at every level, because chemical reactions occur more slowly at lower temperatures, the minerals in dead plant materials are recovered more slowly than in the tropical rain forest. The forest floor is covered with fallen needles, and fungi grow on fallen logs.

While there is a lot of plant materials here, much of them are not digestible. Twigs and pine needles challenge mammals and birds, but insects and fungi can break these materials down. The animals living here can eat the insects and seeds, also the softer leaves, berries, and fungi that grow on the forest floor.

= **Primary Consumers** include slugs, snails, centipedes, and many other found insects. Small mammals, such as squirrels, chipmunks, and wood mice, find plenty to eat, as do seed-eating birds. Deers are also know to roam in these forests. =

**Secondary Consumers** include insect-eating birds, frogs, and small hunters such as weasels and foxes. Some animals like racoons and bears, eat both meat and plants.