Trees and Forest Vocabulary

5. substances that provide nourishment necessary for growth
6. animals that eat other animals.
7. the layer of vegetation beneath the canopy of a forest.
9. the cycle that helps move oxygen through our earth and atmosphere
11. the process that producers use to make food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.
12. a model that shows how food energy flows from one organism to another.
14. organisms that break down dead things such as fungus, worms and maggots.
15. animals that eat primary consumers and include birds, foxes and whales.
16. animals that only eat plants.

1. animals that eat secondary consumers and are usually top hunters in the food chains; they include snakes, and coyotes.
2. organisms that eat other organisms, such as animals.
3. organisms that can make their own food, such as plants.
4. the upper level of the forest that receives the greatest amount of sunlight.
5. the movement and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of living matter.
8. Floor the ground level of the forest where decaying leaves, twigs and fallen trees lie, as well as the soil containing the tree roots.
9. animals that eat both plants and animals.
10. an area of living and nonliving components which form an environment.
13. eat producers and include organisms like insects, rabbits, horses and cows.