The Forest Vocabulary I

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Across
  1. 4. The cutting and transporting of trees to the mill to make products.
  2. 7. Forested area used for recreation.
  3. 8. Living components of an environment.
  4. 10. Many different species living in balance with their environment.
  5. 12. A group of trees.
  6. 15. The practice of managing, conserving and creating forests.
  7. 17. An organism which breaks down material and litter.
  8. 18. A preferred place where an animal or plant lives,
Down
  1. 1. The process of exchanging gases with the environment.
  2. 2. The removal of trees for a variety of uses.
  3. 3. Non-living components of an environment.
  4. 4. The stem of the tree after it has been felled.
  5. 5. Dioxide, A gas composed of carbon and oxygen, produced during respiration.
  6. 6. cut, The amount of trees which can be taken from the forest annually without significantly altering the balance.
  7. 7. Any organism which uses energy from the sun to provide its own food.
  8. 9. An organism which feeds on other organisms in a ecosystem. Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores are consumers.
  9. 11. An area of living and non-living components which form an environment.
  10. 13. Management, The care and use of forests.
  11. 14. Products, Products produced from trees.
  12. 16. Floor, The area around the base of trees, usually covered with leaves, moss and other plants.