Forests Flashcards
How many Km of Quebec’s territory is covered in forests?
761 000Km square. 50%
Wich country has the most forests?
Russia
what percent of Quebec’s territory is forest?
50%
What type of trees will you find in a Deciduous forest in Canada?
mainly sugar maple trees. Also maple, ash, poplar
What type of forest has evergreen trees (the one that have pines)
Boreal forest
What type of tree will you find a mixed forest? What’s another name for mixed forest?
Yellow birch, softwood like black spruce. Mixed forest is also known as Laurentian forest
What type of trees will you find in a boreal forest?
spruce, fir, larch, Aspen and birch.
Also called coniferous forest
What is a taiga forest?
sparse forest with spruce, pine and fir growing on floor of lichen
What is the tundra?
moss, lichen, herbs and dwarf shrubs.
What is the largest vegetation zone in Quebec?
Boreal forest, covers Saguenay Lac St-Jean and Cote-Nord
What is the climate and landscape of British Colombia?
Climate Oceanic. Mountain Landscape.
What % of British Colombia’s forest represent conifer?
90% are conifers
In British Colombia, which forest region is the most exploited?
Temperate moist forest. With western red cedar and other structural woods.
How can forest provide food for people?
Game lives in the forest. Fishes are found in rivers surrounding the fores
What do people use to make clothe?
Fur and sometimes Plants
What do people use to treat different kind of cancer?
Plants
What do people use to build houses?
Wood.
How can forest protect the soil?
Roots keep the soil in place, preventing it to be washed away by rain.
What it a plant litter?
Bacteria and fungi, made by dead leaves and decomposing plants
How can plant litter protect the soil?
They cause water to penetrate slowly into the soil and prevent flooding.
Why are forest called “Carbon sink”
Trees use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis to make sugar. This sugar helps to generate the different parts of a tree. it’ essential for growth.
types of forests in British Columbia
Boreal, Temperate moist, alpine forests
What is silviculture?
When you cut a species of tree u have to replant the same species of that tree
How are some forest deforested?
Sometimes its a natural cause of nature but sometimes its by humans who create fires etc
