It's Microscopic! | Ecology Terms | Parts of a Trees | What Kind of a Tree is It? | Miscellaneous Tree Questions |
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What is microscopic?
Structures too small to be easily seen with the naked eye
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What is competition?
The struggle against other organisms for needed resources
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What is wood?
The main tissue of a trunk
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What is a sapling?
The name of a young tree
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What is a crown fire?
The most destructive type of forest fire
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What are genes?
The units through which characteristics are passed from parents to offspring
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What is tolerance range?
The range of conditions in which an organism can survive
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What is bark?
The rough outer covering of a tree
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What is spreading branching?
This type of tree has several main branches close to the ground
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What is block cutting?
A method of deforestation that involves removing all the trees from areas that are 100 acres or less
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What is DNA?
The molecule that stores genetic information in a cell
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What is a limiting factor?
Any extreme condition outside an organism's tolerance range, which threatens its survival
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What is heartwood?
The hard, dead, clogged wood at the center of a tree
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What is the coast redwood?
The tallest tree species
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What is a carbon sink?
Any system or object that absorbs carbon dioxide from the environment
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What is a plant?
A cell that contains cellulose, large vacuoles, and chloroplasts would belong to this organism
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What is its carrying capacity?
The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that an ecosystem can support
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What is xylem?
Wood is composed of this tissue
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What are bristlecone pines?
The oldest living organisms on earth
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What is secondary growth?
Tree growth in diameter
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Who is Van Leeuwenhoek?
The "Father of Microbiology"
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What is pantheism?
The idea that nature is god
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What is the vascular cambium?
The layer of growth cells just below the bark of a tree
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What is a deciduous tree?
A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and stays bare all winter
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Who Is Gifford Pinchot?
The first head of the US Forest Service
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