Life in the Big City
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Bud Life
Parts of a Whole
100

Dust, smoke, ozone, and sulfurous or nitrous oxides are referred to as

What are air pollutants

100

Name ANY four safety rules for tree care and pruning.

What are:

- if working with a partner, stand shoulder to shoulder and NO ONE should be under the tree.

- wear glasses

- check tree for hazards before pruning: broken branches that may fall during tree care, wires, lights, any objects stuck in the tree that may fall.

- don't use damaged tools

- mind where tools are placed on the sidewalk

- never use a ladder or stand on anything to prune

- keep 2 hands on polesaw at all times and mind your balance.

100

moderates soil temperature, conserves water, prevents weeds, and looks attractive

what are benefits of mulching

100


What is simple and alternate
100

Water and minerals travel from roots to leaves. Comprised of sapwood and heartwood

What is the xylem

200

Watch out! The summers are hotter here because of this phenomenon.

What is the urban heat island effect.
200

Name 3 things that Citizen Pruners are authorized to prune on a tree.

- dead or damaged branches

- suckers and watersprouts

- the least healthy of two branches crossing each other

- overcrowding

- branches with narrow crotches

- branches low to ground

- branches that obstruct traffic (pedestrian and vehicular)

200

Define Cultivar

What is short for cultivated variety. A horticultural term for a tree that is developed in cultivation.

200


What is compound or pinnately compound

200

These pores on the leaves support this vital process.

What are stomata and photosynthesis

300

These animals will get ya! Vandalism, raised tree beds, signs taped to your bark, and unpleasant bed fellows are forced upon you by ____.

What is Human Interference.

300

Trees which construction contractors are responsible for caring for NOT a citizen pruner

what are:

under scaffolding/sidewalk shed

have a wooden frame built around them

300

This tree species displays this condition which results in the conjunction of two or more colors on the leaves

What is a variegated Japanese Zelkova


(often found in the understory of forests)

300


What is palmately compound

300

Describe the three different parts of a root.

What are scaffold, medium, and fine.


400

London Planetrees are hosts to this innocuous pest, the source of their signature scent and tiny holes in their leaves.

What is the sycamore plantbug

400
Who you gunna call when you see a tree girdled by cage or gate?

Who is 311

400

These _____ are seeds of this invasive species of tree.

What is the norway maple samara

400


What is bipinnately compound

400

These cells are living and loosely packed. They can form either the phloem or xylem.

What are Cambium cells

500

During wet years this fungal disease defoliates London Planetrees.

What is anthracnose

500

Describe the three cut method

500

Run to the white boards and draw the three cut method. Whoever finishes first with the correct answer gets 500 points for their team.

500


What is Spiral

(only one leaf is present per node like alternate. BUT leaves are arranged in a spiral that is visible by looking down the apex of stem.)

Half points for: what is alternate.

500

Differentiate sapwood and heartwood

sapwood - newer cells that conduct sap up and down the trunk


heartwood - formed by old sapwood cells that are now clogged and cannot move sap.


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