Environmental Foundations Test 2 Material

Ch. 12, 19, and 20

forest

any area where trees cover more than 10% of the land

where are the largest remaining forests on the planet found?

cold high latitude areas and humid equatorial areas

this definition of forests covers areas ranging from ___ ___ where trees cover less than 20% of the land to ___ ___ forests where tree crowns overlap to cover most of the ground.

open savannas; closed canopy

the largest tropical forests are in ___ ___ which has about 22% of the worlds foests and the largest undisturbed tropical rain forest

South America