(01.02, 02.01, 02.04, 03.05, 04.01 HC) Located in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Japan, the temperate deciduous forest is a biome of deciduous trees that lose their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring. Below is a climatograph of a temperate deciduous forest in Canada. Temperature is shown in the line graph, and precipitation is shown in the bar graph below:

A climatograph displaying the temperature and precipitation for a year in a Temperate Deciduous forest. In January, the precipitation is 50 millimeters and the temperature is five degrees Celsius, Februarys precipitation is 45 millimeters and the temperature is zero degrees Celsius, Marchs precipitation is 50 millimeters and temperature is five degrees Celsius, Aprils precipitation is 40 millimeters and the temperature is 10 degrees Celsius, Mays precipitation is 45 millimeters and the temperature 16 degrees Celsius, Junes precipitation is 60 millimeters and the temperature is 22 degrees Celsius, Julys precipitation is 70 millimeters and the temperature is twenty degrees Celsius, Augusts precipitation is 60 millimeters and temperature is 25 degrees Celsius, Septembers precipitation is 50 millimeters and the temperature is 23 degrees Celsius, Octobers precipitation is 50 millimeters and the temperature is 12 degrees Celsius, Novembers precipitation is 38 millimeters and seven degrees Celsius, and Decembers precipitation is 38 millimeters and five degrees Celsius.

Use the climatograph above to answer the following:
Identify the lowest average temperature and its corresponding month.
Describe the weather expected during the month identified in (i) based on its level of precipitation.
Analyze the patterns of temperature and precipitation change in the climatograph. Describe the seasonal changes of this biome.
Explain how the geography of this temperate deciduous forests affects its climate.
Describe how the patterns of temperature and precipitation of a temperate deciduous forest compare to temperate rainforests.

Plants and animals adapt over generations to their environment.
Identify the mechanism that allows species to change over time.
Explain the role of natural selection in adaptation.
Describe one adaptation a plant or animal would develop in a temperate deciduous forest.

Because the soil in the temperate deciduous forest is naturally deep and rich in nutrients, it provides human beings with specific ecosystem services.
Describe two ecosystem services provided by temperate deciduous forests.
Describe why the conversion of temperate deciduous forest to farmland has unintended consequences to the environment.
Propose one alternative to clearcutting forests for the ecosystem services described in (i) of part c.