trees and forests

Question 1

what are the four layers of the forest

Answer 1

forest floor
shrubbery
under story
canopy

Question 2

describe the forest floor

Answer 2

its dark and damp and only plants that don’t need much light live there there is also fungus and bacteria

Question 3

describe the shrubbery

Answer 3

is were you find wild flowers and its were deer and skunks find there food

Question 4

describe the under story

Answer 4

small trees large bushes and trunks are and provides animal shelter

Question 5

what is the canopy

Answer 5

captures 90% of light and were photosynthesis occurs and you will find the flying animals

Question 6

what is a habitat

Answer 6

were a organism lives

Question 7

what is an ecosystem

Answer 7

a living community that depends on each member and its surrounding environment

Question 8

what are the three categories of living things in a forest

Answer 8

producers consumers and decomposers

Question 9

what is a producer

Answer 9

they produce there own food from energy from the sun

Question 10

what is. a consumer

Answer 10

living things that eat producers to live

Question 11

what are decomposers

Answer 11

decomposers feed of dead animals and plants

Question 12

what are the three types of consumers

Answer 12

herbivore
omnivore
carnivore

Question 13

what is a herbivore

Answer 13

a animal that only eats plants and shrubs

Question 14

what is a omnivore

Answer 14

a omnivore is a animal that eats both meat and plants

Question 15

what is a carnivore

Answer 15

a animal that only eats meat

Question 16

the process of making food in green plants is called

Answer 16

photosynthesis

Question 17

what two words does photosynthesis come from and what do they mean

Answer 17

photo = light 
synthesis = putting things together

Question 18

where does the light energy come from photosynthesis

Answer 18

the sun

Question 19

the tiny openings of the bottom of leaves are called

Answer 19

stomata

Question 20

what part of the plant takes in water

Answer 20

roots

Question 21

when the stomata realeses water vapour it is called

Answer 21

transpiration

Question 22

what are the nine parts of a trees

Answer 22

roots, trunk, leaves, crown, outer bark, phloem, xylem, cambium, heartwood,

Question 23

what is the purpose of roots

Answer 23

the roots help the tree to get nutrients and water and keeps the tree or plant to stay up

Question 24

what does the trunk do

Answer 24

it transports nutrients up and down the tree

Question 25

that does the crown consist of

Answer 25

leaves, branches

Question 26

what are the food factors of the tree

Answer 26

the leaves

Question 27

what is chlorophyll

Answer 27

it is the green colour that traps energy from the sun to us for photosynthesis

Question 28

what two parts does the bark consist of

Answer 28

inner and outer bark

Question 29

what is the purpose of the outer bark

Answer 29

to protect the soft skin under neath

Question 30

what is the purpose of the phloem

Answer 30

it is the food supply line

Question 31

what is the cambium

Answer 31

is a thin layer of growing tissue that produces new cells that become either xylem phloem or more cambium

Question 32

what is a xylem

Answer 32

it brings water and nutrients up from the roots to the leaves

Question 33

what is the heart wood

Answer 33

it supports the tree and stores the dead xylem cells

Question 34

what does perennial

Answer 34

a last that grows every year

Question 35

what does conferrer does

Answer 35

there trees that have needle shaped leaves that stay green all year around

Question 36

what is a deciduous

Answer 36

they shed there leaves before the cold season

Question 37

what is a tree cookie

Answer 37

it is that inner rings of the tree

Question 38

if there are black spots in a tree cookie what does that mean

Answer 38

infestation

Question 39

how can competition affect a tree cookie

Answer 39

the rings are going to be smaller than other areas

Question 40

how can you tell that a trees has been on a slope

Answer 40

the rings in a tree cookie are in crooked

Question 41

how can you tell that there has been a fire in the forest

Answer 41

the rings have been burnt

Question 42

how can you tell there has been a drought

Answer 42

the ring are close together

Question 43

what is a native tree

Answer 43

a tree that naturally grows in a area

Question 44

describe a white birch tree

Answer 44

small to medium typed tree with many stems and smooth light bark and round shaped leaves fine tooth margin.

Question 45

what are the two types of poplars

Answer 45

balsam and aspen

Question 46

what are poplar trees used for

Answer 46

paper and firewood

Question 47

what is another name for the aspen polar

Answer 47

the white poplar

Question 48

what are the shapes of the leaves of the aspen poplar

Answer 48

heart shaped with long flat stokes

Question 49

what is another name for the balsam poplar

Answer 49

black poplar

Question 50

what are the shapes of the leaves of the balsam poplar

Answer 50

oval or wedge shaped with fine toothed margins

Question 51

describe spruce trees

Answer 51

they are coniferous with narrow crowns

Question 52

what tree is found in all regions in Alberta

Answer 52

white spruce

Question 53

what coniferous tree grows well in wetland areas

Answer 53

black spruce

Question 54

pine trees are most commonly used for

Answer 54

ply wood, panelling, and furniture

Question 55

what are the first trees to grow back after a forest fire

Answer 55

pine trees

Question 56

what kind of forest can you find the jack pine

Answer 56

boreal forest

Question 57

what pine tree. is used for lodges and poles for power lines

Answer 57

lodge pole pine

Question 58

what is a cultivated tree

Answer 58

a tree that does not naturally grow from places

Question 59

what are the 5 types of overall tree shapes

Answer 59

1. rectangular shape 2. spreading 3. circle shape 5. oval 6. triangle or cone shape

Question 60

what are the 4 branching patterns

Answer 60

whorled, opposite, alternate, or spiral arrangement

Question 61

what is the meaning of excurrent branches

Answer 61

means the trees branches go all the way up the trunk

Question 62

what is a columnar pattern

Answer 62

is one where the branches are all clustered at the top of the trunk.

Question 63

what is a decurrent pattern

Answer 63

the trunk is split to form two or three main branches

Question 64

what is dendrochronology

Answer 64

is the study of tree disks

Question 65

the study of trees can tell people things about the

Answer 65

history of the area surrounding the tree

Question 66

springwood is lighter in colour than

Answer 66

summerwood

Question 67

what is a bud

Answer 67

is the bump found on branches and twigs of a tree

Question 68

how do know the age of a tree branch

Answer 68

the scars on the tree branch