Helpful Forests
Why are trees and plants important?
They give us oxygen
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What is at the beginning of the cycle?
Producer
What does the stomata do?
What would happen if all of the trees die?
We would not have any more oxygen or food so we would die.
What things make up the shrubbery layer?
Small trees and bushes, animals
What category of animals eat omnivorous?
What two things are created during photosynthesis?
Sugar and Oxygen
What are three things forests can do?
Give us medicine
Give homes to animals
Remove pollution
Create jobs
Feed us
Give us supplies to build
What layer absorbs 90% of all sunlight
The canopy
What is an example of a decomposer?
Worm
Mushroom
Bacteria
What is photosynthesis?
It is the process that a plant uses to create its own food
What TWO things make up a forest?
Most of all of the animals and plants live in what TWO layers of a forest?
The understory and the shrubbery layer
What is the role of a decomposer?
To break down any remaining nutrients and spread them into the soil
What three things are needed for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
Sunlight
Why do plants and animals need eachother?
Plants create food and oxygen for animals and animals create carbon dioxide for plants.
What are THREE words that describe the forest floor?
Cold, damp, dark
Why is the nutrient cycle a cycle?
It goes in a circle, if you remove one part of it then it all falls apart.
Why is the chloroplast important?
It is where photosynthesis takes place