Coniferous vs Deciduous and other tree things
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Boreal Forests and a bunch of other fun stuff
Vocab
100
What is the difference between a coniferous and deciduous tree?
Coniferous trees have cones and needles, while deciduous trees have leaves and they lose their leaves in the fall.
100
What is the top layer of the forest called?
Canopy
100
Is this a simple leaf, compound leaf, and double compound? 
Compound leaf
100
What would be a food chain found in boreal forest?
Grass, Mouse, Fox, Decomposer
100
What is the understory?
The second layer of the forest. This is where shrubs and small plants grow and animals such as rabbits, mice, and foxes live.
200
What are the 3 tree forms/shapes that trees can be?
Upward, outward, and downward
200
What is the difference between carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore?
Carnivores eat meat, herbivore eats plants, and omnivores eat both
200
What are two kinds of leaf shapes?
Linear, Oblong, Oval, Ovate, Cordate, Deltoid, Orbicular, and Lobed
200
Name a tree that would be found in a boreal forest.
Aspens, Balsam Fir, Black spruce, White spruce, Tamarack, Jack Pine, Beech, Sugar Maple, etc.
200
RICK ROLLED
300
Is this tree coniferous or deciduous? What species of tree is it?
Coniferous-Spruce
300
What does biotic and abiotic mean and what is an example of each?
Non-living and living. Rocks, sun, clouds. Animals, plants are living.
300
What does a leaf margin mean?
The outside edge of a leaf. A leaf can be smooth, fine toothed, and scalloped.
300
Where in the world can we find boreal forests?
300
Explain the oxygen cycle and why it's important
We give plants CO2 and through photosynthesis plants give us back oxygen.
400
What do the rings of a tree tell us?
How old a tree is, and what the weather was like during a tree's life.
400
What is the purpose of decomposer and what is example of one?
Break down organisms and return the nutrients back to the soil. Worms, Fungi, Slugs, Snails.
400
Explain the margin of this leaf:
Serrated, margins have big teeth along them
400
Explain 3 differences between trees and shrubs.
Trees are all perennials while shrubs are mostly perennials. Trees grow up and are usually taller, shrubs are closer to the ground and grow outward. Trees have trunks while shrubs have many stems that branches grow from.
400
Explain photosynthesis.
The process that plants create their own nutrients and oxygen for us: light, CO2, water in, oxygen and water vapor out.
500
What are the parts of a cross section of a tree?
From inside to outside: Heartwood, Sapwood, Cambium, Inner Bark, Outer Bark
500
What is the difference between producer and consumer and name one of each.
Producers take light from the sun to produce energy, and consumers feed on other organisms for energy.
500
Explain these leaf arrangements:
Alternate, Opposite, Whorl
500
What are 5 animals that live in a boreal forest?
Bears, Mice, Rabbits, Foxes, Deer, songbirds, moose, beavers, etc.
500
Explain the parts of the water cycle.
Precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation.