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Photosynthesis
This and that...
Coniferous vs. Deciduous
Threats to the Forest
Vocabulary
100
A gas that is often released from humans, animals, cars and other sources of pollutants.
What is carbon dioxide?
100
The highest level of a forest.
What is upper canopy?
100
Balsam Poplar
What is deciduous?
100

An insect that weakens the trees natural defence system when it lays its eggs. 

What is the mountain pine beetle? 

100
Cross sections of tree trunks that tell the life story of a tree.
What is a tree cookie?
200
Comes from the ground and is absorbed by the tree roots.
What is water?
200
Breaks down dead matter back into the soil.
What are decomposers?
200
Douglas Fir
What is coniferous?
200

Part of the natural forest cycle to destroy old trees and create conditions for new growth. 

What is a forest fire? 

200

The seeding or planting of a new forest

What is reforestation?

300
Living organisms need this gas to live.
What is oxygen?
300
Worms, insects, toads, spider, millipedes live here
What is the forest floor?
300
White Spruce
What is coniferous?
300

This member of the deer family has a declining population in Alberta due to habitat loss. 

What is a woodland caribou? 

300

The body of the leaf that includes everything but the petiole. 

What is the blade?

400
Captures heat energy.
What is chlorophyll?
400

These move from plants, animals, bacteria, air, and soil in the ground. 

What are nutrients?

400
Mountain Ash
What is deciduous?
400

People choosing to live in large urban areas are creating a challenge for this industry in Alberta. 

What is the forest industry?

400

A plant that lives year after year. 

What is a perennial?

500

The food, the tree produces for itself.

What is glucose (sugar)?

500
An organsim that can be a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
What is a consumer?
500
Tamarack/Larch
What is deciduous and coniferous.
500

Scientist believe this is the reason for changes in the growing season and more frequent and severe forest fires. 

What is climate change? 

500
The evaporation of water into the air through the stomata (tiny holes) on the underside of the leaf.
What is transpiration?