Trees
A tree that is cone bearing
Coniferous
These types of leaf edges are flat and not spiky
What direction do nutrients move in a tree?
Nutrients move up the trunk of the tree to the leaves.
What gas do leaves return to the atmosphere for us to breathe?
Oxygen
True or false: mining for fossil fuels positively impacts the environment.
A tree with needles
Deciduous
What types of leaves grow one after the other on opposite sides of the stem?
Alternate leaves
True or false: Decomposers are dead organisms that eat waste from producers?
FALSE.
Decomposers are living things that feed on dead organisms and the waste from consumers.
What gas do animals produce when they breathe out?
Carbon dioxide
Does leaving your campsite the way you found it enhance or threaten the forest?
Enhance
This tree has both cones and needles and sheds them every year in the fall.
Larch Tree
What leaf shape are like oval leaves but have a point end?
Ovate leaves
Why are trees considered producers in the nutrient cycle?
Which popstar has hit songs such as: Sign of the times, Watermelon Sugar and Music for a Sushi Restaurant?
The one, the only, Harry Styles
Finish the lyrics....
I stay out too late
Got nothin' in my brain
That's what _____ ______.
People say
Poplar, birch, and aspen are what types of trees?
Deciduous
Describe compound leaves
Leaves that have more than one leaf on a stem
What role does a Deer play in the nutrient cycle?
Consumer
What will fallen / decomposing leaves do to the soil around it?
Add nutrients back to the soil
What process involves something growing back from what is lost?
Regeneration
What types of tree rings will you see if the tree is unhealthy and grew less?
Thin rings
What are the four characteristics of leaves?
Finish the following statement: leaves made by _____ are eaten by _______ or fall to the ground and are eaten by ______.
Producers, consumers, decomposers
What types of organisms would you see in the underbrush level of the forest?
Plants that live close to the ground (eg. wildflowers), baby trees (seedlings), and small animals (eg. mice and rabbits)
What is photosynthesis and what is it's byproduct?
The process by which plants make their own food. Byproduct: sugar (food) and oxygen