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
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.