FORESTRY
FOREST PRODUCTS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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canopy
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crown of the tree
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understoreys
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trees
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none
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option 1 i.e Canopy. The branches of the tall trees look like a roof over the other plants in the forest is called a canopy. Shade trees contain a dense canopy that restricts light from lower growing plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Branches of tall trees form a roof-like structure called the canopy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The roof formed by the crown of trees present in a thick forest is called a canopy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The forest canopy is a structurally complex and ecologically important subsystem of the forest. It is defined as “the aggregate of all crowns in a stand of vegetation, which is the combination of all foliage, twigs, fine branches, epiphytes as well as the interstices (air) in a forest” (Parker, 1995).