tree harvest
What is the process of removing trees for human use?
Tree harvesting
A forest differs from a woodland because a forest has a top layer on interlaced leaves called the?
canopy
A point on a stem that a leaf grows from is a(n)?
Node
The largest forest region
Northern forest
The type of leaves that contain more chlorophyll and are found at the bottom of thee tree are called______leaves.
Shade
What is the debris that loggers leave on the forest floor called?
slash
An object that produces carbon dioxide is a carbon?
Source
The main tissue of a tree trunk is called?
Wood
The most heavily managed forest region
Southern forest
Any system or object that absorbs carbon dioxide from the environment is called a carbon______.
Sink
The type of fire that burns the bottom portion and lower limbs of a tree and the surrounding shrubbery is a(n)_______ fire?
Surface
A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and remains bare in the winter is a(n)_____tree?
Deciduous
Growth of a tree in length is ________ growth?
Primary
Contains the greatest variety of tree species
Central broadleaf forest
A root that goes deep into the ground and has secondary roots branching off the main root is a _____.
Taproot
A forest that has trees of many different ages and has many fallen, dead trees is a(n)______forest?
Old growth
What forest region stretches from Delaware to Florida and west to Oklahoma and Texas?
Southern forest
Growth of a stem in diameter is called_____growth?
Secondary
Produces the largest percentage of wood and paper products
Pacific coast forest
The structure that allows a twig to grow in length is a ________bud.
terminal
Setting fire to a forest under controlled conditions is __________burning?
Prescribed
The hard, inactive, dead wood of a tree is the _____.
Heartwood
A tree with several main branches close to the ground has__________branching.
Spreading
Extends from Canada to Mexico
Rocky Mountain forest
A stem produces new branches using ________buds.
lateral