Forest

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/forest

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is Forest known for?75% of Earth's gross primary production; 80% of plant biomass
2. What is the global coverage?4.06 billion hectares, ~31% of Earth's land area
3. What is the primary biomes?Boreal, tropical moist, tropical dry, temperate forests
4. How many forests are on Earth?Forests cover about 4.06 billion hectares, which is roughly 31% of Earth's land surface.
5. Why are forests important for the air we breathe?Forests produce 75% of the Earth's primary production, turning sunlight into food for plants and releasing oxygen for us to breathe.

Ecosystem: A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.
Gross Primary Production (GPP): The total amount of energy captured by producers (like plants) through photosynthesis.
Biomass: The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume, especially plant matter.
Evapotranspiration: The process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.