Deforestation

1. The immense variety of all living things on Earth, including the roughly 8 million species of plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.
3. The sticks that normally hang on trees.
5. Trees that stay green throughout a whole year.
7. The bottom part of a plant which soaks up the water in the soil.
9. The base of a tree.
10. To cut wood, normally with an axe.
11. The type of tree that has bushy leaves and a medium-brown trunk.
12. A "young" tree.
13. The tree that you get maple syrup from.

2. The process of cutting trees, burning forests, and clearing land.
3. The "skin" of a tree.
4. A tool used to chop wood, with a metal blade attached.
6. The process of cutting, processing, and transporting trees to produce timber or pulp.
8. Dirt with the nutrients to help a plant grow.
12. The sticky liquid that come out of trees.