Soil
What is topsoil?
The top layer of soil, only a few inches deep, dark and rich in minerals.
How are earthworms helpful to the farmer?
Helpful to the farmer by the tunnels they make. Tunnels let air and water get into the soil.
What is a food chain?
Begins with green plants, God’s plan of balance in the ecosystem.
What are the three parts to a tree's trunk?
Heartwood, sapwood, bark
What kind of tree does the book reference when talking about leaves changing color?
Maple tree
What is subsoil?
The layer below the top soil, lighter in color with fewer minerals in it
Are moles helpful or harmful to the farmer and why?
Harmful to the farmer, tiny eyes, kills the roots of plants as it digs
What does the sapsucker do?
It taps for sap, leaves, ants come, and then it comes back to eat the ants.
Describe the outer layer of the trunk of a tree.
Why do maple tree leaves turn red?
They have more sugar in them than other tree leaves.
If soil is fertile, what does this mean?
Soil is rich in minerals, and plants grow well in it.
Is the shrew helpful or harmful to the farmer and why?
Helpful to the farmer by eating insects
What is an example of live fungi in the forest?
Mushrooms
Describe the middle layer of the trunk.
It is called sapwood. It is lighter in color, and this is where the sap is located.
When the trap door closes, what is trapped in the leaf?
Sugar or glucose
The loss of soil by water or wind is called _____________________.
Soil Erosion
Are skunks helpful or harmful to the farmer and why?
Helpful to the farmer, because it eats creatures that cause harm to the farmer’s crops.
What are spores?
What fungi and bacteria grow from.
It is called heartwood. It is the widest layer. It is dark in color, strong, and hard.
When the trap door is closed, what can't get in to help the leaf make food?
Water and nitrogen
What forms when soil is washed away?
Gullies
Is the field mouse helpful or harmful to the farmer and why?
Harmful to the farmer since it eats the farmer’s crops.
What is an example of a food chain?
A mouse eats seeds, an owl eats the mouse. Another example: a rabbit eats green plants on the forest floor, a fox eats the rabbit. Another example: insects eat plants, a mother bird feeds the insect to her babies, an opossum eats the baby bird, and a fox may eat an opossum.
What are annual rings?
Rings that tell the age of trees, as the tree gets older the line become thinner; wide spaced rings for rainy years, thin spaced rings for dry years
What is chlorophyll?
It is what makes the leaves green.