Identifying Trees

How do you describe the branching in the above picture?

• Alternate

• Opposite

• whorled

• None of the above

Which of the following best describes a deciduous tree?

• Has needles and cones but also lose its leaves in the fall.

• Also referred to as evergreen, and the name is associated with its needles.

• Does not produce flowers, but grow cones to hold their seeds.

• The leaves dropped from trees provide a steady source of organic material for the soil.

Which of the following describes the Eastern White Cedar?

• An evergreen coniferous tree.

• A deciduous tree

• A coniferous that is also deciduous, like Larch and Tamarack

What are the two types of trees?

• green trees and blue trees

• tiny trees and big trees

• deciduous and coniferous

What type of leaf is this?

• simple
• compound
• double compound

What is a spruce?

• deciduous
• coniferous

____________   trees shed their leaves seasonally as the weather cools during the autumn months.

• coniferous
• deciduous

How can you tell how old a tree is?

• height of tree
• count rings
• color of tree
• diameter of 

All Trees have a trunk supporting it at the base.

• True
• False

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Dendrochonology is the study of what?

• Trees

• Plants

• Insects and animals

• Tree cookies