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Fun with

Forest

Facts!

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ABC Order

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Put these words in a,b,c order on the lines below:

scavenger

ecosystem

bark

producer

canopy

tree

omnivore

roots

decomposer

undergrowth

leaves

herbivore

prey

habitat

16. predator 1.

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Directions: Now write a short sentence using 5 of the words above.

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16.

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predator

carnivore


Forest Dictionary Hunt

Directions: Look up the following words in a dictionary and write their definitions on the

following pages.

1. scavenger

2. ecosystem

3. bark

4. producer

5. canopy

6. tree

7. omnivore

8. consumer

9. roots

10. decomposer

11. undergrowth

12. leaves

13. herbivore

14. prey

15. habitat

16. predator

17. carnivore

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Directions: Write the definition of each word.

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2.

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6.


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17.


Word Bank

BARK CANOPY CARNIVORE CONSUMER DECOMPOSER

ECOSYSTEM HABITAT HERBIVORE LEAVES OMNIVORE

PREY PREDATOR PRODUCER ROOTS SCAVENGER

TREE UNDERGROWTH

G O H U E N T R D W R E E A V L S

T E E R A B R K G E S C V A N R E

S E M C Y S E O T O D C U P R E R

N O Y C P A C M R S N O U E Y R E P

O R T O S O D M E O S P E R C

V M R I O N E O I R E O V H R E B

T H A I A T B R A T D R O E P

I R V C A R E O N

FOREST WORD SCRAMBLES


Word Scramble Answer Key

G O H U E N T R D W R E E A V L S

U N D E R G R O W T H L E A V E S

T E E R A B R K G E S C V A N R E

T R E E B A R K S C A V E N G E R

S E M C Y S E O T O D C U P R E R

E C O S Y S T E M P R O D U C E R

N O Y C P A C M R S N O U E Y R E P

C A N O P Y C O N S U M E R P R E Y

O R T O S O D M E O S P E R C

R O O T S D E C O M P O S E R

V M R I O N E O I R E O V H R E B

O M N I V O R E H E R B I V O R E

T H A I A T B R A T D R O E P

H A B I T A T P R E D A T O R

I R V C A R E O N

C A R N I V O R E


FOREST CROSS WORD PUZZLE

Word Bank

BARK CANOPY CARNIVORE CONSUMER

DECOMPOSER ECOSYSTEM HABITAT HERBIVORE

LEAVES OMNIVORE PREY PREDATOR

PRODUCER ROOTS SCAVENGER TREE

UNDERGROWTH

1

8 7

9

2

3

12

4

10

5

11

6

13

14

15


Forest Crossword Puzzle Questions:

Across

2 Above ground portion of the trees in the forest.

4 Vegetation on the floor of a forest.

5 Animals that are hunted and eaten by other animals.

6 Animals that eat anything and move from place to place.

8 Animals that cannot make their own food.

11 The community of living things that make up the forest is called this.

13 Animals that eat only plants.

14 Animals that eat only other animals.

15 The outside of a tree is covered with this.

Down

1 Trees use these to breath.

3 Photosynthesizing organisms.

5 Animals that hunter and eat other animals.

7 Animals that eat plants or meat.

9 The part of a plant that grows below ground.

10 Larger plants in a forest.

12 Animals that eat only dead things or the waste of other animals.

13 Another name for a forest ecosystem is a _____.


Crossword Puzzle Answer Key

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Encyclopedia Hunt:

Forests

The name of the Encyclopedia I used is:

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The year this encyclopedia was published ________________________

What is the letter and number of the volume of the encyclopedia you used:

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What page number does your information begin on? __________________

What is the first entry listed in your encyclopedia? __________________

What is the last entry listed in your encyclopedia? __________________

What kinds of animals live in the forest?

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List three facts about forests:

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Author of this book: ___________________________________

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What is one new thing you learned about forests from reading this book?

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How are forests important to the environment of the Earth?

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If there is one thing you could tell a friend about a forest what would it be?

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Year this book was published: _________________________

Book Report

Directions: Select one forest themed storybook to write a book report about.


Draw a picture below of a forest as it was described in this book using your own

designs and imagination.


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