Junior Science Outline Worksheet 3: Boreal Forest
I.
Sort the following animals into the appropriate category
Tertiary
Consumers
Secondary
Consumers
Moose
Grasses
Wolverine
Grouse
Beaver
Snowshoe Hair
Great Horned Owl
White Spruce
Caribou
Wolf
Red Tailed Hawk
Canadian Lynx
Primary
Consumers
Primary
Producers
II.
Fill in the blanks for the following statements.
a. The boreal forest covers about _____% of Earth’s land mass.
b. Because of the breakdown of evergreen needles, the soil in the boreal forest tends to be slightly
_____________.
c. North boreal forests have trees that are more spread apart, called _____________ _____________.
d. The floor of boreal forests are mainly _____________.
e. With a _____ Celsius increase in average temperature, 25% of the Canadian goose range will be lost.
f. The population of Canadian Warblers is decreasing in part because of a reduction in _____________
_____________.
g. When a forest captures more Carbon Dioxide than it releases, it is called a _____________
_____________.
h. The Canadian boreal forest is over ______ kilometers in width.
i. Most trees native to the Canadian boreal are _____________.
j. Winter temperature in the boreal forest range from a high of ______ Celsius to ______ Celsius.
k. The boreal forests receive between ______ and ______ centimeters of precipitation per year, mostly
in the form of snow.
l. Conifer trees _____________ energy because they do not have to _____________ leaves every
spring.