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22 Cards in this Set
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The study of tree classification is called _____________. |
Dendrology |
ol•o•gy - The study of a subject/ a subject of study.
Study of 🌲🍂🌳 |
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A ____________ tree has no leaves at least some time during the year, whereas _______________ trees are never entirely without green foliage. |
Decidious and Evergreen |
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A tree that usually has cones and needle-shapes leaves is a ___________, were as a _____________ tree has a large, flat leaves and true flowers. |
Conifer and Broadleaf |
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Conifers produce wood known commercially as ___________, and broad leaved trees produce wood known commercially as ______________. |
Softwood and Hardwood. |
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Broad leaved trees whose seedlings have one leaf are _____________; those with two leaves are called _____________. The leaves contained inside a seed are ____________________. |
Monocots, Dicots, and Cotyledons |
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A _________ is generally large with a well defined main stem; a ________ is generally smaller and has no well defined stem. |
Tree and Shrub |
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A "baby" tree is called a ___________. It becomes a __________ when the "dbh" is 2 to 4 inches. |
Seedling and Sapling |
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The tree has _________, which carries water and nutrients up from the roots. |
Xylem |
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The __________ transports food downward |
Phloem |
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The _____________ layer is the area of activity dividing cells where the pholem and xylem are made. |
Cambium |
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Old dead pholem is called ________, and it helps protect the tree since it is on the outside of the stem |
Bark |
What sound does a dog make? |
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As the seasons change during a one year period, the tree grows faster in early summer and slower in late summer, which creates a pattern in the tree's cross section called ___________ ___________ _________. |
Annual Growth Layer |
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The amount the tree gets wider each year at a certain point is called the ________ ______. |
Growth Rate |
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A verry small structural compartment of all tree tissue is a ______. |
Cell |
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Inside each of these is _____________, a chemical that helps turn the energy of the sun and water into food for the plant. |
Chlorophyll |
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Some of the water brought up to the leaves escapes through the pores in the leaves. This process is called _____________________. |
Photosynthesis |
You learned this in 4th grade. |
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Once the tissue reaches its full size and development, it is called _________ ________. |
Adult Wood |
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Once the wood ceases to contain living cells it is called ___________ _________. |
Heart Wood |
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Cells are generally long and narrow, and their pattern along their axis is called the _________. |
Grain |
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If a person were to cut into a tree trunk deeper than the cambuim layer, they would be _____________. |
Girdling |
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The tree would then die, leaving a ______. |
Snag |
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The _______ of a tree is where most of the branches and leaves are. |
Crown |
What do queens wear on their heads? |
