Tree ID
What type of tree keeps its needles year-round?
What is an evergreen?
This professional manages forests for timber, wildlife, and recreation.
What is a forester?
This mountain contains a famous national park in Washington.
What is Mount Rainier?
These animals build dams from sticks and logs.
What are beavers?
The top part of a tree is called this.
What is the crown?
This tree is famous for producing acorns.
What is an oak?
This person studies wild animals and their habitats.
What is a wildlife biologist?
Washington's state tree is this.
What is the Western Hemlock?
This animal is Washington's state mammal.
What is the Olympic marmot?
Trees absorb this greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
These structures contain seeds and grow on many conifer trees.
What are cones?
This career measures trees and gathers forest data.
What is a forest technician?
Washington's forests provide this important natural resource used in construction.
What is timber?
This threatened bird became closely associated with old-growth forests.
What is the Northern Spotted Owl?
The world's tallest tree species is this.
What is the Coast Redwood?
A Douglas-fir is classified as this type of tree.
What is a conifer?
This professional maps forests using satellites and GPS.
What is a GIS specialist?
This national forest is located near Mount St. Helens.
What is Gifford Pinchot National Forest?
This predator is sometimes called a cougar.
What is a mountain lion?
Replanting trees after harvest helps ensure this.
What is a future forest?
Trees that lose their leaves each fall are called this.
What are deciduous trees?
This professional studies how fires start and spread.
What is a fire scientist?
The 1980 eruption of this volcano drastically changed nearby forests.
What is Mount St. Helens?
Dead trees provide homes for many species and are often called these.
What are snags?
The process of planting trees to restore a forest is called this.
What is reforestation?