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An area or environment where an organism lives or occurs.
What is a habitat?
A living community that depends on each member and its surrounding environment.
What is an ecosystem?
A living thing.
A non-living thing.
What is abiotic?
Animal that eats other animals.
What is a carnivore?
Eat both plants and other animals.
What is an omnivore?
Living things that feed off of dead animals and plants.
What is a decomposer?
Dark and damp, only plants that can live with very little light grow here.
What is the forest floor?
Many small trees, larger bushes and shrubs live here.
What is the understory?
Lots of flying animals can be found here.
What is the canopy?
Type of tree that sheds their leaves before the cold season.
What is a deciduous tree?
Have needle type leaves.
What is a coniferous tree?
A black area in a growth ring could indicate.
What is fire damage?
To plant seeds for new trees to grow.
What is reforestation?
Home to many forest wildflowers, ferns, deer, skunk and rabbits.
What is the shrubbery layer?
An evenly spaced growth ring in a tree indicates.
What is rapid growth?
Requires the use of large machinery that cuts down entire sections of forest.
What is clear cutting?
Insects that invade and destroy leaves or trees.
What are pests?
The most common feature considered when identifying a tree.
What are leaves?