hey i'm justin and i heard you you reached out you said justin
please oh please tell us about the forest well i heard you your wish has come true
and i'm inviting you to join me today as we explore today's land form or biome as it is
the forest
i bet you already know something about forests here's a pop quiz
which of these places do you think is a forest a b c or d
if you said c that's right and what's a forest filled with yes trees and i'm not talking trees
i'm talking trees lots and lots and lots of trees standing tall like soldiers or bent over
or leaning to one side or broken but all of these trees make a forest
all forests have trees but not all forests are the same there are many different kinds of forests and
they can be found all around the world this is a temperate forest these forests can be
found in places where it's hot in the summer and cold in the winter and in autumn the leaves on
the trees change color and well what happens next after the leaves change color they fall
yes these trees lose their leaves in the fall and winter and they come back in the spring and summer
temperate forests see all four seasons during the winter some people like to get all dressed up in
their hats and boots and mittens and go outside in the forest taking in all it has to offer some
animals go to warmer places for the winter but others are just fine staying in their forest home
lots of different animals depend on the forest for food and shelter deer black bears squirrels birds
all live in the temperate forest they eat nuts and berries and leaves that they find on bushes
on the ground and in the trees lots of different plants live in the forest too usually ones that
are low to the ground and don't need much sunlight because of all the shady trees up top you can find
moss and ferns and mushrooms there are plenty of different kinds of mushrooms living in the forest
people depend on forests for wood for food and for something else too take a deep breath in
and out
forests all kinds of forests all of them help us breathe plants like trees put oxygen into the air
and people and animals breathe in oxygen we can't live without it so you can thank all the
forests in the world for keeping us alive unlike temperate forests other forests are in places
where it doesn't get cold in fact some forests are in places where it's always hot these types of
forests are called rain forests why do you think they're called that here's a hint rain forest
rain yes these forests get lots and lots of rain it is hot and wet all year long
you'll find different kinds of animals in a rain forest than a temperate one ooh look at all those
bright colors here you'll find monkeys and parrots and swaths and butterflies and birds and lizards
and oh so many different kinds of animals the plants that you'll find in a rainforest are
different too look at all those different colors people live in the rain forest too
for thousands of years different groups of people have called the rainforest their home
they love and respect their forests they hunt fish build homes and get other things they
need from the materials they find in the forest you and i get food from rainforest plants too
nuts fruits herbs and so much more we get cocoa from pods that look like this
this this is a banana tree and those green things on the tree are bananas
yeah that's what they look like before they come to your home looking like this what time is it
yeah it's joke time baby
all right all right i got a good one i got a good one for you today and it's about force right
how can you get more information about spiders that live in the rain forest
you go on their website web site web okay let's travel now from the hot steamy rainforest
to a forest where it's very cold for most of the year do you see how these trees look different
from the other trees and the other forests that we've seen so far that's because they're evergreen
trees forests like this are called coniferous forests these trees have needles and pine cones
and these trees don't lose their needles like how other trees lose their leaves in the fall
it gets very cold and these forests they have very short summers and very long cold
dry winters unlike the near constant rain of a rainforest
all the moisture that comes in a coniferous forest is usually from melting snow
so what sorts of animals can you find here um grizzly bears lynx snowshoe hairs moose and other
animals that have thick fur to help them stay warm i'm so glad i got to spend this time with you and
now you know so many more interesting things about forests we've been to forests where it's hot for
us where it's cold for us where there's snow and rain and we got to meet all sorts of different
plants and animals that depend on their forest for shelter well i guess i'm gonna leave now
but i'll see you next time and remember to always be clever