Earth Science
Academic Word List/Forestry
Forestry
100

plants

What is vegetation?

100

Very strong. 

What is intense?

100

A small object that a plant can grow from. 

What is seed?

200

Violent weather with very strong, circular winds.

What is tornado

200

To stay alive despite an event that could have killed you. 

What is survive? 

200

To hit something with a sharp tool in order to cut it. 

What is chop?

300

A bright flash of light in the sky during a storm.

What is lightning?

300

To make something begin to burn.

What is set fire to?

300

One small part of a fire. 

What is flame?

400

Weather with bright flashes of light and loud sounds. 

What is thunderstorm? 

400

To start something that becomes permanent later. 

What is establish?
400

A dark gray powder left after something has burned. 

What is ash?

500

An uncontrolled fire in a field or forest. 

What is a wildfire?

500

A process that starts again after reaching its end. 

What is cycle?

500

A big fire. 

What is blaze?