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The world of trees 1.5
Broadleaf trees 1.6
Conifers and Palms 1.7
Plant surprises 1.8
Outstanding characteristic
100
A tall plant with a single woody system
What is a tree?
100
The process of production maple syrup and sugar
What is sugaring?
100
The tree family that is cone-bearing
What are conifers?
100
The type of plant that is actually a combination of fungi and algae
What is lichen?
100
The only eastern pine with needles in bundles of five; once used for construction of buildings and sailing ships
What is eastern white pine?
200
The tallest living trees in the world
What are California redwoods?
200
The tree disease that is caused by a fungus and is most often spread by beetles that live within the tree's bark
What is Dutch elm disease?
200
The term for a tree that keeps its leaves all year round? DAILY DOUBLE: A DECIDUOUS CONIFER WITH NEEDLES THAT TURN DEEP GOLD BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND
What is an evergreen? DAILY DOUBLE: LARCH (TAMARACK)
200
The organism that attaches itself to another organism for nourishment
What is a parasite?
200
One of the largest pines of the American west; grows to a height of 150 feet
What is ponderosa pine?
300
An inner band of light wood and an outer band of dark wood; tells the age of a tree
What is annual growth ring?
300
It prevents nourishment from reaching the roots, eventually causing the tree to die
What is girdling?
300
The tree which produces a fragrant liquid, and are commonly used for lumber and paper making; also popular as Christmas trees because of their fragrant smell
What is the balsam fir?
300
The world's smallest green plants belong to this group of plants
What is algae?
300
An attractive ornamental tree with frosty blue needles
What is blue spruce?
400
The name of the structure at the tip of a stem that produces new growth?
What is a bud?
400
The tree group that has mainly flower-bearing and seed-producing plants DAILY DOUBLE: A DECIDUOUS CONIFER GROWING IN SWAMPS OF THE SOUTH OF THE USA; PROJECTING PORTIONS OF ITS ROOTS ARE CALLED KNEES
What is broadleaf trees? DAILY DOUBLE: BALD CYPRESS
400
The name of the largest living sequoia
What is a General Sherman tree?
400
This type of plant does not have roots or true leaves, but grows from a slender thread of connected cells
What is moss?
400
Not a fir, but a pine
What is Douglas fir?
500
The layer of the tree's trunk where new growth of bark and wood takes place
What is the cambium layer?
500
The type of broadleaf trees that grow in temperate climates and lose their leaves in the fall
What are deciduous trees?
500
The two different kinds of cones a conifer can produce
What are pollen cones and seed cones?
500
This kind of plant does not bear seeds, but does have roots and leaves BONUS: Give the name for its roots
What is a fern? (Its roots name is rhizoids)
500
Reddish, aromatic wood which repels moths
What is cedar?