1) The progressive development of the vegetation toward its highest ecological expression, the climax. 2.) The replacement of one plant community by another. Leaves and branches break up the impact of rain and allow it to reach the forest floor with less impact. The physical environment made up of non-living materials including carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, soil nutrients needed by plants, light and heat from the sun. Deciduous trees lose all their leaves at one time - evergreens have green leaves all the time. Green plants, living organisms, that transform the energy of the sun and inorganic materials into substances needed by consumers. During normal gas exchange, trees absorb carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, etc. and give off oxygen. The fungi and bacteria, primarily in the upper soil layer, that change dead organic matter into basic nutrients for reuse. Food and shelter. The unevenness of forest floor litter slows the flow of water long enough for it to percolate into the soil. Water, oxygen, recreation, forage, windbreaks, noise and vision buffers, wildlife habitat. Carelessness of humans. A forest with trees that drop their leaves annually. The process of water moving into the soil. The green coloring matter in plants necessary for photosynthesis. A forest with tree species that are usually evergreen and that bear cones. Yes, during respiration in dark periods of the day, and when growth slows down such as in overmature trees. An area of land bounded by ridges in which brooks and streams flow into common larger water bodies (lakes, rivers). The science of the interrelationships of organisms in and to their entire environment. The process through which the chlorophyll in leaves, in the presence of sunlight, makes food and oxygen from water, soil nutrients and carbon dioxide. The first forests developed about 365 million years ago, during the Devonian period. A forest in which dominant trees shed their leaves and grow new ones during certain seasons of the year. A. Climate, soil, moisture. 1) Large roots hold or anchor trees firmly. 2) Feeder roots absorb moisture and small amounts of dissolved mineral nutrients from the soil. The process by which water vapor leaves a living plant in the daytime and enters the atmosphere. Animals which cannot produce their own food and are therefore dependent on producers for food. 1) The progressive development of the vegetation toward its highest ecological expression, the climax. 2.) The replacement of one plant community by another. Leaves and branches break up the impact of rain and allow it to reach the forest floor with less impact. The physical environment made up of non-living materials including carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, soil nutrients needed by plants, light and heat from the sun. Deciduous trees lose all their leaves at one time - evergreens have green leaves all the time. Green plants, living organisms, that transform the energy of the sun and inorganic materials into substances needed by consumers. During normal gas exchange, trees absorb carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, etc. and give off oxygen. The fungi and bacteria, primarily in the upper soil layer, that change dead organic matter into basic nutrients for reuse. Food and shelter. The unevenness of forest floor litter slows the flow of water long enough for it to percolate into the soil. Water, oxygen, recreation, forage, windbreaks, noise and vision buffers, wildlife habitat. Carelessness of humans. A forest with trees that drop their leaves annually. The process of water moving into the soil. The green coloring matter in plants necessary for photosynthesis. A forest with tree species that are usually evergreen and that bear cones. Yes, during respiration in dark periods of the day, and when growth slows down such as in overmature trees. An area of land bounded by ridges in which brooks and streams flow into common larger water bodies (lakes, rivers). The science of the interrelationships of organisms in and to their entire environment. The process through which the chlorophyll in leaves, in the presence of sunlight, makes food and oxygen from water, soil nutrients and carbon dioxide. The first forests developed about 365 million years ago, during the Devonian period. A forest in which dominant trees shed their leaves and grow new ones during certain seasons of the year. A. Climate, soil, moisture. 1) Large roots hold or anchor trees firmly. 2) Feeder roots absorb moisture and small amounts of dissolved mineral nutrients from the soil. The process by which water vapor leaves a living plant in the daytime and enters the atmosphere. Animals which cannot produce their own food and are therefore dependent on producers for food.
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1) The progressive development of the vegetation toward its highest ecological expression, the climax. 2.) The replacement of one plant community by another.
Leaves and branches break up the impact of rain and allow it to reach the forest floor with less impact.
The physical environment made up of non-living materials including carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, soil nutrients needed by plants, light and heat from the sun.
Deciduous trees lose all their leaves at one time - evergreens have green leaves all the time.
Green plants, living organisms, that transform the energy of the sun and inorganic materials into substances needed by consumers.
During normal gas exchange, trees absorb carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, etc. and give off oxygen.
The fungi and bacteria, primarily in the upper soil layer, that change dead organic matter into basic nutrients for reuse.
Food and shelter.
The unevenness of forest floor litter slows the flow of water long enough for it to percolate into the soil.
Water, oxygen, recreation, forage, windbreaks, noise and vision buffers, wildlife habitat.
Carelessness of humans.
A forest with trees that drop their leaves annually.
The process of water moving into the soil.
The green coloring matter in plants necessary for photosynthesis.
A forest with tree species that are usually evergreen and that bear cones.
Yes, during respiration in dark periods of the day, and when growth slows down such as in overmature trees.
An area of land bounded by ridges in which brooks and streams flow into common larger water bodies (lakes, rivers).
The science of the interrelationships of organisms in and to their entire environment.
The process through which the chlorophyll in leaves, in the presence of sunlight, makes food and oxygen from water, soil nutrients and carbon dioxide.
The first forests developed about 365 million years ago, during the Devonian period.
A forest in which dominant trees shed their leaves and grow new ones during certain seasons of the year. A. Climate, soil, moisture.
1) Large roots hold or anchor trees firmly. 2) Feeder roots absorb moisture and small amounts of dissolved mineral nutrients from the soil.
The process by which water vapor leaves a living plant in the daytime and enters the atmosphere.
Animals which cannot produce their own food and are therefore dependent on producers for food.
