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Trees A

100

I have frosty needles and people like to the way I look in their landscaping. What am I?

blue spruce

200

I am the only conifer that has bundles of needles. What am I?

Pines

300

I grow in the hot, dry climate of the Southwestern states. What am I?

pinyon pine

400

I am the largest kind of tree. What am I?

giant sequoia

500

People like to count me to figure out how old a tree is. What am I?

annual rings

600

I lose my leaves in the fall. What am I?

deciduous tree

700

I offer lots of shade and beautiful colors in the fall. I grow more in the North than in the South. What am I?

maple

800

I am a tasty fruit that grows from some palm trees. What am I?

coconut

Trees B

100

I have red wood and produce an oil that has a pleasant smell. What am I?

cedar

200

I am the layer of a tree that is responsible for the growth of the tree. What am I?

cambium layer

300

I am a special scientist that studies trees. What am I?

dendrologist

400

I am the tallest kind of tree. What am I?

California redwood

500

I am a kind of tree that puts on cones instead of flowers. What am I?

conifers

600

I am a member of the cypress family. People like to use my wood in closets and chests. What am I?

cedar

700

I am one of the oldest living things. My needles grow in bunches. What am I?

pine

800

I am the biggest sequoia at 272 feet tall. Who am I?

General Sherman Tree

Fungi and Algae

100

I have a fruiting body. What am I?

mushroom

200

I am created when a fungus and an alga work together. What am I?

lichen

300

I am some of the smallest of all green plants. What am I?

some algae

400

I convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. What am I?

yeast

500

I am a special plant that does not need chlorophyll. What am I?

fungi

600

I like to feed on dead matter instead of live matter like others. What am I?

saprophytes

700

I am a drug that comes from mold. What am I?

penicillin

800

I like to grow on piles of wet clothes and the outside of your house. What am I?

mildew

Trees C

100

My branches are thick and I spread them wide. I drop little hard things that squirrels and other animals like to eat. What am I?

oak

200

I grow best near water. My branches are long and droopy. What am I?

willow

300

I am different from other evergreens because I am not a conifer. I have fronds. What am I?

palm

400

My cones stick straight up. People like to put me in their house at Christmas time. What am I?

fir

500

My bark is white and papery, but if you peel it off it could kill me. What am I?

birch

600

My cones hang from the tips of my branches and I give you something to tan leather. What am I?

hemlock

700

Alligators are my neighbors. People like to cut off my roots. What am I?

cypress

800

Solomon used my wood to build the Temple. I am a member of the pine family. What am I?

cedar of Lebanon

Plants

100

I have no true leaves, stems or roots. What am I?

mosses

200

I don‘t produce seeds like other plants, but have spores instead. What am I?

fern

300

I am the root of a fern, but go by a special name. What am I?

rhizoids

400

I am a single cell that some plants produce instead of seeds. What am I?

spores

500

I am a tall plant with a woody stem. What am I?

tree

600

I am a plant that has a lifespan of only 2 years. What am I?

bennial

700

I am a kind of plant that likes to live for a long time. What am I?

perennial

800

I help hold soil in place and enrich the soil when I die. What am I?

moss