The temperate deciduous forests are located in the mid latitudes, almost exclusively on the Northern Hemisphere. They have four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The springs and autumns are the periods in which most of the precipitation occurs, and they have mild temperatures. The summer is drier, and relatively warm, while the winters are cold and usually have solid amounts of snow. The species diversity is neither high nor low, but it is moderate.
When charged particles from the sun strike atoms in earth's atmosphere, it causes electrons to move to a higher energy state. When the electrons drop back to a low energy state they release light photons. This is what causes the Aurora lights
