Uses of Trees Past-Present
Coniferous vs. Deciduous
Mystery
Nutrient Cycle
Levels of the Forest
100
Logging
This is a main job in the forest.
100
Coniferous and Tamarack.
Which kind of trees sheds their leaves in the fall?
100
Plywood.
What kind of wood in the gym floor made up of?
100
Producer.
What role does the tree play in the Nutrient Cycle?
100
middle level
what is the middle level called.
200
Medicine.
People crushed herbs and gathered berries for what in the past?
200
What tree is a coniferous and deciduous combined?
Tamarack.
200
Leaves give off water.
What is transpiration?
200
Photosynthesis
What process does the the tree use to convert water and nutrients into food?
200
tree roots
what is 1 of the plants that grows on the forest floor.
300
Oxygen.
People need this to survive.
300
Pine and Spruce.
Give two examples of a coniferous tree.
300
Insect Attacks.
Strange trails on trees show ___.
300
The roots absorb nutrients and water to deliver to the tree from the soil.
What is Step One in the nutrient cycle?
300
owl
what is 1 type of animal that lives in the upper canopy level.
400
Voyageurs.
This is a job that dated back into the olden days.
400
White Birch and Oak.
Give two examples of two deciduous trees.
400
Sacred Ground.
First Nations used the forest as ___ ground.
400
Decomposers break down dead plants or animal matter and return the nutrients to the soil.
What is Step Four in the Nutrient Cycle?
400
worm
What is pink,long and squishy and lives in the forest floor.
500
Alberta Forest Firefighting Progam.
This is a job that is still done today.
500
Deciduous.
Which kind of tree seeds in fruit or nut?
500
80-120 years.
How long does the Climax forest last?
500
The sapwood brings the nutrients and water to the rest of the tree. The tree converts the nutrients and water using a process called photosynthesis.
What is Step Three in the Nutrient Cycle?
500
shrubbery
what is another name for underbrush?
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