The lowest level of a forest.
What is the sub floor?
Broad leafs
What is deciduous?
Plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide and _____ for photosynthesis to occur.
What is water?
Breaks down dead matter back into the soil.
What are decomposers?
Green year round.
What is coniferous?
Smooth, fine-toothed, serrated or scalloped are examples of this leaf classification.
What is leaf margins?
Rabbits, deer, and chipmunks live here
What is the forest floor?
Can withstand very cold temperatures.
What is coniferous?
Causes a tree cookie's rings to grow closer together only on one side.
What is slope?
Plants use this green pigment to create their own food.
What is chlorophyll?
These animals only eat other consumers.
What are carnivores?
Balsam Poplar
What is deciduous?
The part of the tree that carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves
What is a Sapwood (Xylem)?
Planing saplings when trees are cut down.
What is reforestation
Tamarack
What is deciduous and coniferous.
We want find a balance between selling the forest to make money and to leave enough forests protected for recreation.
Who are government officials?
Using fire in specific areas to clean up disease or promote new growth.
What are controlled burns?