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Abiotic
The non-living part of the environment that includes temperature, water (or lack thereof) day/night, etc.
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Adaptation
The modification of alteration of an organism so that it adjusts to a new or altered environment.
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Allowable Cut
The amount of trees which can be taken from the forest annually without significantly altering the balance of the ecosystem.
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Bark
The visible outer covering of a tree which helps to protect the inside of the tree.
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Biodiversity
The many different species living in balance within a specific area or environment.
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Biotic
The living components of an environment.
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Cambium
The growing part of the tree where cells form actual wood.
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Canopy
The top branches and leaves of the trees in a forest.
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Carbon Dioxide
CO2
A gas composed of carbon and oxygen that is produced when humans and living things exhale.
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Carnivore
A meat eating organism.
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Chlorophyll
The green substance found in leaves of plants that traps light energy used in photosynthesis.
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Respiration
The process of releasing energy from sugar and other organic molecules by combining it with O2 to produce CO2 and H2O as waste.
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Clear cutting
A method of harvesting trees where ALL standing trees are removed from a section of forest at one time regardless of whether they are usable or not.
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Cones
Small, woody structures of coniferous trees which produce the seeds (a baby tree).
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Conifer
A tree which bears cones and has needles as leaves. Some examples are pine, spruce, fir or cedars. They are often referred to as evergreens.
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Consumer
An organism which feeds on other organisms in an ecosystem: herbivores, carnivores and omnivores are part of this group.
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Crown
The top of a tree that forms the canopy.
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Deciduous
Trees which lose their leaves every autumn or a broadleaf tree.
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Decomposer
An organism which breaks down material and litter - the forest floor cleaners!
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Direct Seeding
Putting seeds directly into the forest floor rather than planting seedlings.
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Ecosystem
An area of living and non-living components which form an environment.
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Evergreen
A tree which does not lose its leaves and has needles instead of broadleaves.
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Food Chain
A transfer of energy from the sun from one living thing to another.
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Food Web
The feeding relationships in an ecosystem. It shows how all organisms are connected in a specific ecosystem.
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Forest
A group of trees. You had all better get this one CORRECT!!
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Forest Floor
The area around the base of trees, usually covered with leaves, moss and other plants.
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Forest Management
The care and use of forests - it works to protect the forest.
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Forest Products
Things that are made from trees.
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Forestry
The practice of managing, conserving and creating forests.
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Growth Ring
Rings that are present when you look at a tree cookie which are used to determine the age of the tree.
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Habitat
A preferred place where an animal or plant lives. or, in simpler terms, an animal's home.
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Harvesting
The removal of trees for a variety of uses- logging.
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Heartwood
The non-living wood, right in the middle of the trunk, making up most of a tree truck which gives the truck strength.
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Herbivore
A plant eating organism.
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Inner Bark
The inner layer which serves to take food from the leaves to parts of the tree.
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Interdependence
The state of being dependent upon each other for survival - being interconnected.
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Log
The trunk of a tree after its been felled (cut down).
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Logging
The cutting and transporting of trees to the mill to make products. A very important industry in Alberta.
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Omnivore
An organism which eats both plants and animals.
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Park
A specially designated area used for recreation.
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Phloem
The inner bark tissue that transports nutrients down to the roots and back up to the canopy.
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Photosynthesis
The process by which a tree produces its own food (sugar) using sunlight.
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Producer
Any organism which uses energy from the sun to produce its own food. These are generally ALL green.
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Reforestation
The building of a new forest by replanting or reseeding - usually done after an area has been logged or damaged by fire.
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Regeneration
The process of growing back what has been lost. Forests usually do this after a fire with the growth of new seedlings.
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Respiration
When trees "sweat" - trees release water back into the atmosphere.
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Sap
The fluid part of a tree rich in sugar and starch which moves up and down the tree in the phloem tissue of the bark - maple syrup is one of these (yummmy!)
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Sapling
Code word for a young tree.
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Sapwood
The softer outer layer of the wood in the truck between the cambium and heartwood - responsible for nutrient transportation. The live part of the trunk.
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Seedling
Code word for a baby tree.
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Selective Harvesting
A method of harvesting trees where certain trees are slelected for cutting and ONLY these trees are taken.
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Shrub
A low-growing perennial plant.
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Snags
A standing tree which has begun to decay or a tree which has been felled but has caught itself on the way down. These are great for knocking over - but be careful of hornet nests inside the rotting truck.
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Stand
A group of trees in a given area.
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Stomata
Little holes on the underside of leaves which allow the tree to "sweat".
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Strip-Cutting
A method of harvesting a forest in strip-like sections.
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Transpiration
The loss of water through the stomata of the leaves.
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Tree
A perennial plant that has a wood trunk and a self-supporting truck.
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Xylem
Microscopic tubes running throughout the trunk of a tree that transports water and minerals up from the roots.
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