Vocabulary
Comprehension
Comprehension
Comprehension
Comprehension
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What is a tree trunk?
The main part of the tree where the branches grow out.
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Which parts of a tree are considered stems?
The trunk, the limbs and the branches are all considered stems.
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when does a seed sprout?
As soon as a small root begins to grow. As the root drinks in the water and minerals, a tiny stem with two small leaves begins to grow.
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What does the phloem do?
It carries the food made by the leaves to the branches, trunk, and roots of the tree.
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I saw a large _____________ at the car shop. 1. ingine 2. engine 3. engin
engine
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What are tree LIMBS?
A limb is a branch of a tree.
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Where do trees NOT like to grow?
Trees do not like it where it is extremely cold or dry or in places with high elevations (high up on a mountain).
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When the stem becomes hard enough to be called wood, the stem then becomes which part of the tree?
It becomes the trunk.
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What does the cambium layer do?
The cambium layer forms new growth for the tree trunk every year. Each ring represents one year in the life of a tree.
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What is photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is the process where plants use water from the roots and carbon dioxide through the leaves, mixes it with chlorophyll, and creates food for the tree in the form of sugar.
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What is a STEM?
A stem is the main part of a plant.
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What do trees need to grow?
Trees need light, moisture, soil and space to grow.
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What is the verb? Trees grow fast during the spring months.
grow
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What does the sapwood do?
The sapwood is made up of tiny tubes that carry water and minerals, called sap, from the roots of the tree to the leaves.
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How do the trees use the food?
Trees use the food to create new wood, branches, twigs, buds, leaves, seeds, nuts and fruit.
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Begins to grow
What is sprout?
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Do trees like to grow in the same climate or do some trees like to grow in different climates?
Some trees like cold weather. Some like it where it is warm all year. Some trees like wet places and some like dry. Different trees grow in different en-vi-ron-ments.
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What is the purpose of bark on a tree?
Bark protects the tree from weather and insects and animals that may attack the trees. Bark can be hard or soft, thin or thick.
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What is a word that rhymes with fancy?
Nancy etc.
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Something that grows underground and is used for food for plants to grow
What are minerals?
500
All trees, no matter how big or how small, start out as a ...?
All trees start out as a seed.
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What are the two verbs in the sentence? I love to sing music and play the violin at school.
sing, play
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What are the tree roots for?
Roots grow under the tree down into the ground. They take in water and minerals from the soil to help the tree grow. They also anchor the tree Into the ground and help hold it upright.
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