Leaf it to me - A hunt about trees

Leaf it to me. A Learn about Trees facts hunt

Directions: Use the links to find the answers to the questions. Use the Go menu to return to the hunt web page.
If a link is broken, use your research know how to identify an answer.
Use the Printer version for your answer sheet.

1. How many species of trees are there in the world?

2. The study of trees is called

The science that studies living organisms is called biology.
A scientist who studies biology is called a biologist.

Think about it - A scientist who studies trees is called a

3. Scientists divide trees into several categories. Write each group. Give a fact for each group. Write one tree species in that group.

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

4. A small number of trees growing together is called a

Many trees growing together is called a

5. How does a tree grow?

Use the diagram and the info to answer these questions

a. The outer most layer on a tree is called

b. What is the role of this outer layer?

c. The inner most layer of a tree's trunk is called

6. Although you do not see it, trees breathe. Explain.

How is this important to you?

7. Look up your state tree in the USDAFS Silvics of North America.
Could that species of tree grow on your school's property? Why or why not?

8. Trees can be identified by their leaves. Scientists distinguish one leaf from a another by the leaf's shape.

How many different leaf shapes are there?

A deltoid shaped leaf resembles a geometric shape. Draw the shape.

Think About It: How could you identify a tree that has no leaves?

Pratice Tree identification

9. Scan/read the article Red Maple and Black Birch: Pennsylvania's New Dominant Species.

a. What factors have impacted the forest?

b. What animals have contributed to the decline of oaks?

c. How are oaks important to the survival of many forest animals?

d. What do you predict will be the outcome of these changes in the forest?

e. Name two traits of Black Birch trees that are helping them succeed in the forest.

TAI (Think about it)- List two ways people could intervene in this succession process.

10. Use your online research skills to discover 3 different ways that people have used bark.

11. How many trees listed in the National Register of Big Trees are found in your state?

What is the species of the largest tree in your state?

12. How are trees helping to solve a challenging problem?

Complete these tree related problems

Tree calculation challenge.

National Champion trees challenge

Go Out on a Limb:

How can trees help reduce a building’s energy use in winter and in summer?

Capturing Carbon - Nova Science Now online video Jul. 2008
An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Environmental Scientists Find Tree Combo For Carbon Sequestration

Complete an activity in: If Trees Could Talk

Write three important tips about planting trees.

Make a crossword puzzle using tree vocabulary. - The more words you use and the better the clues given, the more credit you will earn.

Tree Rings: A Study of Climate Change complete this scientific modeling project |

Inventory the trees on your school campus or neighborhood - include location, species, size, condition

The Forester consider a career | Do Countdown's Infinite Pine Trees activity watch Part 1| Part 2 print the Worksheet

Compare or contrast a coniferous forest and a deciduous forest | Tree-mendous Technology - Electronic Field Trip

Leaf Classification - learn the importance of classification systems used by scientists. | Inside a Leaf

Do this Dichotomous Key activity for two of the species. Make a Dichotomous Key for a species of tree that grows in your region.

Go out on a Limb:

Do the "Treemendous" Tree Identification activity		Discover what has happened to the American Chestnut.
Plant ID Activity - must do!		Dr Arbor Talks about Trees
Use this site to learn about the many ways people use trees.		Tree That Owns Itself
Tree Facts	What Tree is it?	5 Reasons to stop topping trees urban
Identifying PA. Trees		Explore the Methuselah Grove
Identifying Leaves of Pennsylvania		Deciduous trees survive in winter
Electronic Naturalist - nature study with materials		Investigate - conduct a tree census of a school's campus or a local park. Then make a Map tree inventory
Seed Dispersal
Trees - who lives there?		Tree color
Trees + Me = Forestry pdf \| From the Woods		Do this Life Cycle activity
This Old Habitat - the interconnections between the plants and animals		Tree Pollen Map
Ininatig's Gift of Sugar The Tradition of Native Sugarmaking		Tales from Urban Forest
Leaf Classification		From the Woods - Community Forests
Pathfinder Science - "hands-on, minds-on" activities (student scientists not just science students)
Classification challenge - trace the classification of a species of tree found in your community. I'll get you started. Trees belong to the kingdom Plantae. They are all Eukaryotes. Use this worksheet and the Tree of Life Project to trace a tree from Eukaryotes to the individual tree species. (MS/HS)

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