Tree Anatomy
This part of the tree includes the leaves and branches extending from the main trunk.
What is the crown?
These trees lose their leaves in the autumn and winter
What are deciduous trees?
This type of leaf can be seen on the Canadian flag
What is a Maple Leaf?
This percent of a tree is made up of the trunk.
What is 60%
Root systems have been known to grow this wide.
What is 30 miles?
This is the main woody stalk of the tree which supports all the braches.
What is the trunk?
These trees have needles and tend to keep their needles throughout the year
What are coniferous trees?
What is photosynthesis?
This is the outermost layer of the tree's trunk.
What is the bark?
A tree's roots make up this percent of its biology.
What is 20%?
This is any woody stalk extending from the trunk.
What is a branch?
This species of tree extends above the canopy in Riverdale Park, making them some of the tallest trees in this area.
What are Black Locust trees?
Some trees produce a combination of smaller sized leaves called this...
What are leaflets?
This is the innermost layer of a tree's trunk.
What is the heartwood?
Most of a trees root system can be found this far below the soil.
What is 12-18inches?
An underground part of the tree that takesup water and nutrients from the soil.
What are the roots?
This is the formal name for a dead or dying tree that is still standing.
What is a snag?
All leaves contain this, which houses a substance called chlorophyll.
What are Chloroplasts?
This is the primary function of the trunk.
What is giving the tree size and shape?
Root hairs help the roots by doing this.
What is increasing surface area to improve water uptake?
These are the parts of the tree responsible for producing the tree's food through photosythesis.
What are the leaves?
This is the name of Mr. Pearson's favorite tree.
What is a Baobab tree?
During photosynthesis, leaves take carbon dioxide and sunlight from the atmosphere and convert them into this type of nutrient.
What are carbohydrates?
This is the layer directly under the bark that moves sugars around the tree.
What is the phloem?
The depth of a root system mostly depends on these two factors.
What are tree type and soil composition?