Forests: Conservation and Management Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• shelterwood cutting: desirable trees left standing to ensure the ecosystem can establish healthy seedlings
• afforestation: practice of planting trees in areas where trees were not previously present
• sediment: sand/stone or soil carried into land or water
• permafrost: state of being frozen year-round
• combustible: particularly burnable or easily burned
• selective cutting: only logging the most mature trees in an area
• coniferous trees: evergreen trees with needle-shaped leaves
• deforestation: mass destruction of trees
• herbaceous plant: soft-stemmed plants
• agroforestry: practice of using trees as part of a land management strategy for help with food crops
• detritus: waste on the forest floor
• precipitation: created by atmospheric condensation falling, such as rain, snow, sleet or hail