Trees and Forests Exam Prep

___________________ trees drop their leaves at the end of the growing season in the fall. These would-be leafy trees such as poplars, oak, maple, and birch.

• Coniferous

• Deciduous

• Photosynthesis

• None of the above

___________________ trees have needles and cones. These trees keep their needles all year and drop their cones. Spruce and pine trees are examples of these.

___________________ non-living things that trees need to survive. Soil, temperature, wind, sunlight, and water are all examples of these.

• Leaves

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

• Transpiration

___________________ are anything living in an ecosystem. Trees, shrubs, birds, mammals, fish, insects, grasses, fungi, ferns, bacteria are all examples of these.

• Biotic Factors

• Abiotic Factors

• Leaves

• Transpiration

___________________ is the process of water travelling from the soil and roots up through the trunk and branches where it exits through tiny holes in the leaves. It is important because as the water travels, it carries nutrients from the soil into the plant.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Photosynthesis

• Transpiration

___________________ a community of interacting organisms and their environment. The size can be anywhere from the insects living under a rock to the entire ocean! ​

• Biotic Facts

• Ecosystem

• Abiotic Factors

• Deforestation

.___________________ occurs when the leaves use the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide into food for a tree to grow. In the process, oxygen is created. ​

• Deforestation

• Abiotic Facts

• Photosynthesis

• Transpiration

___________________ is the permanent removal of trees. This happens for two main reasons (1) to produce lumber for humans, (2) to clear forests for farming.

• Deforestation

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Abiotic Factors

Coyotes, willows, squirrels, and snowshoe hares are all part of a forest ecosystem. Which of the following food chains is possible for this forest?

• Sun-coyote-snowshoe hare-willow

• Sun-willow-snowshoe hare-coyote

• Sun-squirrel-snowshoe hare-coyote

• Sun-willow-snowshoe hare-squirrel

Spruce trees survive periods of drought better than poplar trees because spruce trees:

• are taller than poplar trees

• are shorter than poplar trees

• transpire less than poplar trees

• transpire more than poplar trees