Trees and Forests
Across
- 2. fluid part of a plant
- 7. a representation of "who eats who" in an ecosystem
- 8. a woody plant that has a trunk and is perennial
- 13. a kind of fungus
- 14. the center of a tree cookie
- 16. the process by which a leaf makes its own food
- 18. an area of living and non-living components which form an environment
- 19. modification of an organism so that it adjusts to a new or altered environment
- 22. a young tree
- 23. floor the area around the base of the trees in a forest
- 24. animals that eat plants and meat
- 27. animals that eat only meat
- 29. small, woody structure of coniferous trees which produce seeds
- 30. inner layer, just inside the outer bark
- 32. trees that lose their leaves annually
- 33. the top branches and leaves of the trees in a forest
- 34. feeding relationship in an ecosystem
Down
- 1. non-living components
- 2. a very young tree
- 3. rings which are present on a cross-secion of a tree trunk which represent the age of a tree
- 4. products produced from trees
- 5. a gas composed of carbon and oxygen
- 6. green substance in leaves that traps light energy; it is used in photosynthesis
- 9. a preferred place where an animal or plant lives
- 10. the growing part of the tree where cells form wood
- 11. a low growing perennial plant
- 12. the layer between cambium and heartwood
- 15. organism that breaks down material and litter
- 17. the loss of water through the pores in the leaves
- 20. the outer covering of a tree
- 21. organism that uses energy from the sun to produce its own food
- 25. an organism which eats other organisms in an ecosystem
- 26. animals that eat only plants
- 28. a tree with cones
- 31. living components of an environment