Tree Anatomy
This part of the tree anchors it in the ground and absorbs water and nutrients.
What are roots?
The process by which trees use sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
What is photosynthesis?
This tree is Ohio’s official state tree and has seeds called “buckeyes.”
What is the Ohio Buckeye?
Trees can live for hundreds or even thousands of these.
What are years?
This outer layer protects the tree from insects, disease, and weather.
What is bark?
Trees “breathe out” this gas, which humans need to survive.
What is oxygen?
This common tree has leaves that turn bright red in the fall and is famous for its syrup.
What is the maple?
This ring in a tree trunk tells you how much the tree grew in one year.
What is a growth ring?
The green parts of a tree that make food using sunlight.
What are leaves?
This sugary substance is made in the leaves and sent to other parts of the tree.
What is glucose (or sap)?
This tree has leaves shaped like a mitten and smells like root beer when you scratch the bark.
What is sassafras?
This animal often builds its home in the branches of trees and eats acorns.
What is a squirrel?
This part of the trunk moves water from the roots up to the leaves.
What is xylem?
The process where water evaporates from leaves, helping pull water up from the roots.
What is transpiration?
This large tree has long, bean-like seed pods and big, heart-shaped leaves.
What is catalpa?
Some trees lose their leaves every fall. These trees are called this.
What are deciduous trees?