Into The Woods
Trees that lose their leaves, "to fall off".
What is deciduous?
The visible outer covering of a tree that protects the inside.
What is the outer bark?
Scientific name for a living thing that grows, moves by itself, reproduces, needs food & water, and air to breathe.
What is biotic?
The name of a single living thing in a specific area. (You)
What is an individual organism?
The sequence of how energy transfers from one living thing to another.
What is a food chain?
A tree that is cone-bearing and is evergreen.
What is a conifer?
The second layer of a trunk that carries food from the leaves to the other parts of the tree.
What is the inner bark or phloem?
Scientific name for a non-living thing that doesn't grow, doesn't move by itself, doesn't reproduce, doesn't need food & water, & doesn't breathe.
What is abiotic?
The name of all of the same types of living things in a specific area. (You & all your classmates and teacher)
What is a population?
A predator that doesn't have any other natural predators, it's at the top of the food chain.
What is an apex predator?
The process that plants & trees use to turn sunlight into food.
What is photosynthesis?
The growing part of a trunk that produces new wood & bark. (It's the 3rd layer)
What is the cambium?
What is a producer?
All of the living things in a specific area. (You, your classmates, your teacher, Harley, the houseplants, the bugs in the yard, the birds & squirrels, etc.)
What is a community?
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from each other.
What is mutualism?
By counting these, you can tell the age of a tree.
What are growth rings?
The 4th layer of a trunk, it's light colored new wood that transports water up to the leaves.
What is the sapwood or xylem?
An organism that must eat to obtain energy. (Primary, secondary, tertiary, etc.)
What is a consumer?
All of the living and non-living things in a specific area. (You, your classmates, your teacher, Harley, the houseplants, the bugs in the yard, the birds & squirrels, the table & chairs, the tv, your math and language arts books, the schoolhouse.)
What is an ecosystem?
A symbiotic relationship where 1 organism benefits, and 1 organism is not helped or harmed.
What is commensalism?
The waxy coating on conifer needles that traps water.
What is cutin?
The non-living, dark colored wood found in the center of the trunk.
What is the heartwood?
A living thing that breaks down decaying or dead material or organisms. (Worms, bacteria, fungi, flies, wasps)
What is a decomposer?
The name for one or more ecosystems in a large geographical area. (Freedom Academy & all the other One Room Schoolhouses and public schools and private schools in the Tri-Cities.)
What is a biome?
A symbiotic relationship where 1 organism benefits, and 1 organism is harmed.
What is parasitism?