Trees in the Boreal Biome
Explore the fascinating world of trees in the Boreal biome, from their roots to leaves, functions, and types. Learn about Alberta's provincial tree, leaf structures, and ecosystem dynamics.
Trees in the Boreal Biome
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Jeopardy A Rumble in the Boreal The Boreal Biome Trees Leaves Trees Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1 What are the three parts to a tree?
$100 Answer from H1 Crown, Trunk and Roots
$200 Question from H1 What are the 2 parts to the crown?
$200 Answer from H1 1-Foiliage or leaves provide food and breathing for the tree 2-Branches
$300 Question from H1 What are the main functions of tree roots?
$300 Answer from H1 • Act as an anchor. • Draw water and minerals from the soil. • Help stop erosion. • Have a relationship with fungus.
$400 Question from H1 What are the 3 main criteria that make a tree, a tree?
$400 Answer from H1 • Perennial-lives more than 3 years. • Must have a self supporting trunk • Must be made of a woody material.
$500 Question from H1 a. What is Alberta’s provincial tree? b. What are some of Alberta’s native deciduous trees?
$500 Answer from H1 • Alberta’s provincial tree is the lodgepole pine. • b. Some native deciduous trees of Alberta are: aspen poplar, white birch, balsam poplar
$100 Question from H2 What are 3 things that leaves do for us?
$100 Answer from H2 • Allow the tree to breathe. • Helps provide food. • Releases oxygen for us to breathe.
$200 Question from H2 What is the process called which allows a leaf to create sugars by combining sun light, carbon dioxide and water with a chemical?
$200 Answer from H2 Photosynthesis
$300 Question from H2 What is it called when water is lost through the leaves of a tree?
$300 Answer from H2 Transpiration
$400 Question from H2 What type leaf arrangement do you see here?
$400 Answer from H2 Opposite
$500 Question from H2 What is the name of this blade shape?
$500 Answer from H2 Deltoid
$100 Question from H3 • Forests in Alberta are primarily used for: • The lumber industry • Wilderness preserves • Recreation and hunting • Pulp and paper
$100 Answer from H3 Pulp and paper
$200 Question from H3 What is the correct food chain that could exist? a. Pine cone squirrel rabbit owl b. Poplar leaves caterpillar robin coyote
$200 Answer from H3 b. Poplar leaves caterpillar robin coyote
$300 Question from H3 • Bark should not be removed from a tree because: • it could be poisonous • water will leak in and rot away the trunk • insects and other creatures may use it as a home • it creates a wound where disease could grow
$300 Answer from H3 • insects and other creatures may use it as a home
$400 Answer from H3 Your Text Here
$500 Question from H3 Your Text Here
$500 Answer from H3 Your Text Here
$100 Question from H4 What is a community of living things and non living components in relationship with one another?
$100 Answer from H4 Ecosystem
$200 Question from H4 What is the process of growing back what has been lost?
$200 Answer from H4 Regeneration
$300 Question from H4 True or False? The leaves of deciduous trees give off Less moisture than conifer leaves?
$300 Answer from H4 False
$400 Question from H4 What is a cross section of a tree?
$400 Answer from H4 Tree cookie
$500 Question from H4 Hardwood comes from deciduous or Coniferous trees?
$500 Answer from H4 Deciduous
$100 Question from H5 Living or once living things: -producers -consumers -decomposers
$100 Answer from H5 Biotic
$200 Question from H5 Never living but essential for life: -water -minerals -sunlight -wind
$200 Answer from H5 Abiotic
$300 Question from H5 This is the top level of the forest where birds nest and leaves grow.
$300 Answer from H5 Upper Canopy
$400 Question from H5 Where decomposers burrow and the ground cover and soil can be found.
$400 Answer from H5 Forest Floor
$500 Question from H5 They show a simple way that energy is transferred from producer-herbivore and secondary consumers.
