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About Trees

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  • Why do deciduous trees change color in the fall?
    Their leaves stop making chlorophyll, so other colors show.
  • True or False: Conifer trees lose all their needles every fall.
    False
  • What does a tree need for food?
    water
    all of the above
    sunlight
    air
  • How are trees like all plants?
    All trees lose their leaves
    All trees are very tall
    All trees grow for only a few years
    All trees can make their own food
  • Why do trees make flowers or cones?
    to make sap
    to make seeds
    to grow bigger
    to look pretty
  • What does sap do?
    makes trees sick
    feeds the tree
    causes trees to lose leaves
    turns leaves green
  • What do leaves use to make food for a tree?
    Leaves use sunlight, water, and air to make food.
  • The roots of trees .
    hold soil in place
    bring nutrients to the tree
    all of the above
    soak up water
  • What does the bark on trees do?
    It takes rain and oxygen out of the air
    It protects the living parts of the tree
    It holds the tree upright
    It makes chlorophyll for the tree
  • Why do some leaves turn orange and brown in the fall?
    All of the above
    The leaves stop making chlorophyll
    The tree needs to be watered
    The tree is beginning to die
  • Needles on a pine tree are like .
    petals on a flower
    bark on a redwood tree
    seeds inside an apple
    leaves on an oak tree
  • True or False: Tree roots help hold the soil in place.
    True
  • What comes out of a seed first?
    branch
    root
    stem
    leaf
  • True or False: Redwood trees can be as tall as a 30-story building.
    True
  • What does bark do for a tree?
    Bark protects the tree and its “highways” that carry water and food.
  • If a tree is deciduous, it will .
    only grow to be five feet tall
    grow needles
    have cones for seeds
    lose its leaves in the fall