Observations
How many trees did we observe on day 1?
3
Black Oak
Redwood
Red Maple
Why do seasons occur?
The Earth is tilted
The specific word used to describe the perimeter of a circle is called
Circumference
What do the rings of a tree cookie tell us?
The number of years the tree has been alive.
What are our names, and what do/did we study?
Erick - Math
Guadalupe - psychology
Gisel - Ag
Taxonomy is...
The science of classifying things.
What are the three zones of the Earth?
Polar, Temperate, and Tropics
What is the ratio we used to find the height of the tree?
Tangent
Why use tree cores to examine trees over tree cookies?
Cutting out a tree core does not kill the tree.
What was your favorite activity, and what was the purpose of it? Be specific.
Answers vary.
Out of Redwoods, Black Oaks, and Red Maples, which two tree species are more closely related?
Red Maples and Black Oaks
Which zone is the hottest, which is the coldest?
Tropics is the hottest
Polar is the coldest
What kind of graph did we use to represent your data?
Scatterplots
What is the process where leaves transform sunlight and carbon dioxide into oxygen and food called?
Photosynthesis
Who speaks for the trees?
The Lorax.
True or false: Phylogenetic Trees are a visual way of representing how closely related certain species are to one another.
True!
What are the 4 mini-biomes on UC Merced campus?
Desert
Wetlands
Grasslands
Forests
What is the thing used to measure the angle from your eyes to the top of the tree called?
Clinometers
What does the xylem do? And which way does it travel?
Transports water up.
Who kept saying the leaves were burnt?
Guadalupe
Name one species on campus that is an Angiosperm. Explain why they are an angiosperm.
Answers vary. They have "fruits" and a flower.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather measures the temperature day-by-day, climate is the average weather over a long period of time.
What type of correlation is the following?
No Correlation
What conditions produce larger tree rings?
Wet and normal temperatures
Who speaks for the trees?
The Lorax