Types of Forests
This type of forest includes deciduous and coniferous trees
What is a MIXED FOREST
What type of forest is found in our most northern region of Quebec (our Arctic)
What is TUNDRA
The type of tourism that is based on nature based activities like we have around here
What is either ECOtourism or RECREATIONAL TOURISM
Another name for recreational tourism
Forests found in cold/polar regions made up of mostly coniferous trees
What is a Boreal Forest
Name threats to forests not DIRECTLY caused by humans
What are insects, weather, wind, ice etc..
What is CULTURAL and SOCIETAL role
The human-made process of reducing natural-growth
areas of forest
What is DEFORESTATION
Forests found exclusively along the coastline and waterways of tropical climates
What is MANGROVE
What is the Russian word for FOREST (also meaning the northern Boreal forest with short conifer trees)
What is TAIGA
Name some ECONOMIC roles forests/trees serve for us
What are building houses, making furniture, medicines, maple syrup, taking tourists hiking or forest bathing
Economic activities associated with cutting down trees
to transform and sell the wood
What is EXPLOITATION OF FOREST
Forests located in temperate climates, composed mainly of trees that lose their leaves in the winter
What are DECIDUOUS FORESTS
criteria used to define an area as a forest
What is, having an area of at least 5000m2
and a Tree height of 5 + metres
Planned exploitation (use and management) of a forest in order to ensure regrowth, reforestation and conservation
What is SYLVICULTURE
Source of natural wealth (abundance of something important in nature), found in a region or territory, that can be exploited for human use (such as trees and water)
What is RESOURCE
The forest that covers the largest portion of the Earth's surface
What is BOREAL FOREST
What type of vegetation is NOT found in Quebec
What is GIANT CONIFEROUS FOREST
Why no forests in polar or desert regions
The climates are too cold or too dry for trees to grow
What tree species specifically is Ms Kym ecstatic about seeing turn red this fall after being in BC where they do not grow?
What is SUGAR MAPLE