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Functions of Tree Parts Practice Activity

Let’s see how many questions you can answer correctly.

  1. The identification and systematic classification of trees is called what?

    Answer: dendrology

  2. Type, leaf, bark, fruit, twig, and form are the characteristics used to do distinguish individual species of what?

    Answer: trees

  3. These systems serve to anchor the tree and absorb nutrients and water from the soil.

    Answer: root

  4. This layer extends from the tip of the branches to the roots.

    Answer: cambium

  5. What growth gives the tree its height?

    Answer: leaf buds

  6. Dark tree rings represent growth in which season of the year?

    Answer: summer

  7. Light tree rings represent growth in which season of the year?

    Answer: spring

  8. Conifer needles fall off in the fall. How many years old are they?

    Answer: three

  9. What holds the key to the color a tree’s leaves will turn in the fall?

    Answer: sap

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