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What is this tree shape called? |
Pyramidal |
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What is this tree shape called? |
Conical. |
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What is this tree shape called? |
Columnar. |
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What is this tree shape called? |
Spreading. |
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What is this tree shape called? |
Vase-shaped. |
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What is this tree shape called? |
Broad. |
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What is this tree shape called? |
Rounded. |
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How thick (diameter) does a tree have to be to be considered a tree? Also, what height are you measuring from? |
3 inches at 4.5 feet. |
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How tall does a plant have to be able to grow to be considered a tree? |
13 feet. |
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What are the defining features of trees that separate them from shrubs? |
An erect, woody, trunk, thickness of trunk (3 inches), crown of foliage, and height of tree. |
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Some trees, under extreme conditions, remain what? |
Shrubs. |
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The trunk of a tree includes what? |
The fibrous inner wood and the outer coating (bark). |
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What is a leaf called when it stays on the tree all year? |
Evergreen. |
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What is a leaf called when it falls off the tree in the winter/during a dry period? |
Deciduous. |
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What are leaves usually made up of? |
A broad, flat, blade, and a leafstalk. |
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What are leaves with one blade called? |
Simple leaves. |
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What are leaves called when their blade is divided into 3 or more leaflets? |
Compound leaves. |
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How might compound leaves be arranged? |
Pinnately, bipinnately, or palmately compound. |
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What are compound leaves? |
Leaves with blades that are divided into 3 or more leaflets. |
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What is it called when compound leaves are arranged in 2 rows along an axis? |
Pinnately compound. |
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What is it called when compound leaves are arranged on side branches off an axis? |
Bipinnately compound. |
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What is it called when compound leaves are arranged where they radiate like a fan? |
Palmately compound. |
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How many ways can leaves be attached to the stem? |
3 ways. |
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What's this leaf arrangement called? |
Alternate |
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What's this leaf arrangement called? |
Opposite |
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What's this leaf arrangement called? |
Whorled |
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What is the most common arrangement for leaves? |
Alternate. |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Scales |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Needles in cluster |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Needles in bundle |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Linear |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Oblong |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Lanceolate |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Oblanceolate |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Spatulate |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Obovate |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Ovate |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Rounded |
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What's this leaf type called? |
Cordate |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Elliptical |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Pinnately lobed |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Palmately lobed |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Palmately compound |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Pinnately Compound |
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What is this leaf type called? |
Bipinnately compound |
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What is it called when leaf teeth point forward? |
Saw-toothed |
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What is it called when edges are deeply divided into parts? |
Lobed |
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Leaves of conifers are either what or what? |
Needle-like or scale-like. |
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How many parts to flowers generally consist of? |
4. |
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What are the male organs of a flower? |
Stamens |
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What are the female organs of a flower |
Pistil/s |
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What is the sexuality of most tree flowers? |
Bisexual. |
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Label these parts of a flower |
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Label these parts of a flower |
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Label these parts of a leaf |
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What are the different types of fruit that occur on trees? (12) |
Berry, drupe, pome, multiple fruit, aggregate fruit, acorn, nut, key, achene, pod, capsule, or follicle. |
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How do simple fruits develop? |
From the ovary of a single pistil. |
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How to aggregate fruits develop? |
From several pistils within a flower. |
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What type of fruit do magnolia trees produce? |
Aggregate fruit. |
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How do multiple fruits develop? |
From several united flowers. |
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What is an example of a multiple fruit? |
Mulberry. |
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What are the characteristics of fleshy fruits? |
They do not open, include the berry, which have several seeds. |
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What are persimmon fruits classified as? |
Fleshy fruit. |
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What is a characteristic of drupes? |
Drupes have a single hard stone as their seed. |
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What is a cherry fruit classified as? |
A drupe. |
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What is characteristic of pomes? |
Fleshy outer part with a hard or papery core. |
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What is an apple classified as? |
A pome. |
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What is characteristic of nuts? |
One seeded fruit with a thick hard shell. |
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What differentiates a nutlet from a nut? |
A nutlet is smaller |
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What is an acorn? |
You know what an acorn is. A pointed nut with a scaly cap. |
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What is a key also known as? |
Samara |
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What are the characteristics of keys? |
A one seeded fruit with a thin, flat, dry, wing. |
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What is a maple seed classified as? |
A key (Samara) |
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What iis characteristic of achenes? |
An achene is a small, dry, seed-like fruit with a thin wall. |
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What is characteristic of legumes? |
Dry, one celled pods that split open along two grooved lines. |
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What is the difference between legumes and follicles? |
Follicles open along one line while legumes open along two. |
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What is characteristic of capsules? |
Dry fruits with two or more cells that open along as many lines as there are cells. |
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What do conifers have instead of flowers/fruit? |
Cones. |
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Do conifers usually have both male and female cones on the same tree? |
Yes, they usually have both. |
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What is the gender of small, non-woody, cones? |
Male |
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What is the gender of the bigger, hard-scaled, cones? |
Female |
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Do male or female cones produce pollen? |
Male. |
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Acorn |
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Name |
Nut |
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Name |
Cone |
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Name |
Key |
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Name |
Achene |
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Name |
Pod |
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Name |
Pome |
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Name |
Berry |
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Drupe |
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Name |
Multiple of Nutlets |
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Name |
Aggregate of Capsules |
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Name |
Capsule |