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22 Cards in this Set
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What is a coniferous forest?
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A forest in which most of the trees are conifers, cone bearing, and stay green all year.
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What is a coastal forest?
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A thick forest with tall trees that gets a lot of rain and does not get very warm or cold
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What is a tropical rain forest?
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A hot, wet forest where the trees grow very tall and their leaves stay green all year.
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What is a deciduous forest?
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A forest in which most trees lose and regrow their leaves each year.
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What is a forest?
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An area in which the main plants are trees.
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Which type of forest receives the most rain fall?
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A tropical rain forest
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which type of forest receives the least amount of rain fall?
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A coniferous forest
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which forest has the highest average daytime temperature?
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Tropical rain forest
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which forest has the lowest average daytime temperature?
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Deciduous and coniferous forests
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where do deciduous forest grow?
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In places that have warm, wet summers and cold winters
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what are two examples of deciduous trees?
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Oak and maple
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What happens to the leaves of deciduous trees before they fall?
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They change colors
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when do deciduous trees drop their leaves?
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Fall
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in what climate do tropical rain forests grow?
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Where it is hot, wet all year long
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a tropical forest has four layers:
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The emergents, the canopy, the under story and the forest floor
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A ______________ is a tree that forms seeds in cones.
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Conifer
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what are some examples of conifers?
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Pines, spruces and firs
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why are conifers often called evergreens?
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They don't lose their needles and they stay green all year
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The flexible branches of the conifers help a conifer survive harsh winter conditions because _______________________________ and are not easily broken off the tree by heavy snow or ice.
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Are flexible and bend easily.
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The flexible branches of the conifers help a conifer survive harsh winter conditions because _______________________ and are not easily broke off the tree by heavy snow or ice.
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Are flexible and bend easily.
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Which of the following is not an example of a conifer?
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a. pine b. fir c.maple d. spruce
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which of the following is an example of a deciduous tree?
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a. pine b. fir c. maple d. none of these
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