Ecology Coniferous & Deciduous Forest Forest Misc Deciduous Confierous Types Misc Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question Forests The most significant limiting factor for forests is….

$100 Answer from Forests Precipitation

$200 Question Forests Why are trees destroyed and unable to regenerate after a fire?

$200 Answer Forests Most of the tree’s mass is above ground

$300 Question Forests What can deforestation cause?

$300 Answer Forests Desertification Loss of Habitat Erosion Lack of Air Quality

$400 Question Forests What does Aboreal mean?

$400 Answer Forests Tree dwelling

$500 Question Forests What is reforestation?

$500 Answer Forests The process by which trees are planted to re- establish those that have been cut down

$100 Question Deciduous What type of tree is a Deciduous tree?

$100 Answer Deciduous Broad Leaf, hardwood like Maple, Oak, Hickory

$200 Question Deciduous How does a deciduous tree Adapt to harsh, cold climates?

How does a deciduous tree adapt to winters? $200 Question Deciduous

$200 Answer Deciduous They go dormate, loose their leaves

$300 Question Deciduous What is secondary succession?

$300 Answer Deciduous The process by which one community replaces Another community that has been partially Or totally destroyed (like after a wildfire)

$400 Question Deciduous How do scientists Track impacts of Acid rain?

$400 Answer Deciduous Remote Sensing Satellite images

$500 Question Deciduous What term describes the cutting and Removing of ony middle ages or mature trees?

$500 Answer DEciduous Selective Cutting

$100 Question Confierous What does coniferous mean?

$100 Answer Coniferous Cone bearing

$200 Question Coniferous What is the modified leaf on Coniferous trees called and what covers it?

$200 Answer Confierous Needles; resin covers to conserve water

$300 Question Coniferous How can you tell the difference between a pine, fire, spruce and hemlock tree?

$300 Answer How Ecosystems Work Look at their needles—Pairs of Needles is a pine; Square needles Indicate Spruce; Flat needles indicate Fir; triangular needles indicate Hemlock

$400 Question Coniferous What is the name of the coniferous forest that covers over 1/3 of the land and refreshes the Earth’s atmosphere annually?

$400 Answer Coniferous Taiga

$500 Question Coniferous Plants and Bar are winter Food for coniferous forest Animals like…

$500 Answer Coniferous Moose, Elk

$100 Question Wildfires What determines fire behavior?

$100 Answer Wildfire All of the below: Weather New growth & dead matter Humans

$200 Question Wildfire What are the teams of Fire fighters called that Work the ground in wildfires?

$200 Answer wildfires Hot Shots Ground pounders.

$300 Question Wildfires What are the fire fighters Called that parachute into Forest fires?

$300 Answer Wildfires Smoke Jumpers

$400 Question Wildfires What does fire need to burn?

$400 Answer Wildfires Oxygen, fuel and heat

$500 Question Wildfires True or False, Currently the USA Puts out all forest fires?

$500 Answer Wildfires False---naturally started fires are allowed to burn unless they threaten humans

$100 Question Misc Name the four layers of the forest?

$100 Answer Misc Forest Floor Understory Canopy Emergent Layer

$200 Question Misc Why might animals not Return to a replaced forest?

$200 Answer Misc Lack of plant diversity—has To wait until more cover has grown

$300 Question Misc What is co generational?

$300 Answer Misc When the same resource is Used for multiple uses—i.e. Waste from producing paper from Trees is used to burn for energy To power energy plants

$400 Question Misc Little sunlight reaches the floor Of forests because….

$400 Answer Misc Trees grow in dense stands

$500 Question Misc In the fall and winter, the Ground of coniferous forest is Insulated by what?

$500 Answer Misc Snow

Final Jeopardy Explain what it means to be Fire dependent

Final Jeopardy Answer The heat from fire is Needed to open up seed Pods or seed cones so that The trees can reproduce