AY Honors/Trees/Answer Key
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1. Describe the ways in which trees and shrubs differ.
Trees are generally taller than shrubs and have a main trunk from which all the secondary branches grow. Shrubs are generally shorter and may have multiple stems rather than a single trunk. Some plants can be considered either shrubs or trees depending on their growing conditions, so the division should not be considered exact.
2. Collect and identify typical leaves from 15 different species of trees. Spread neatly, press dry, mount, and label in a suitable notebook or on uniform-size sheets of paper.
3. Name two examples each of trees that have been named for:
- a. What they are used for
- b. The surroundings or environment in which they grow
- c. Some distinctive feature
- d. The geographic region in which they live
- e. Persons who first found and described them
4. Give the common name and tell the difference between the two great classes of trees.
5. Describe the importance of forest conservation in your area.
6. Name several examples of the kinds of wood used in each of the following:
- a. Flooring for houses
- Oak, maple, pine.
- b. Common plywood
- Pine, fir, spruce
- c. Furniture
- Walnut, oak, cherry, maple, pine
- d. Ax handles
- Hickory, ash
- e. Fence posts
- Locust, cedar, redwood, fir (treated)
- f. Railroad ties
- Hardwoods and softwoods.
- g. Support beams for construction work
- Oak, hickory, ash
- h. Bows and arrows
- Osage orange and elm for bows. Cedar, spruce, and fir for arrows
- i. Ideal for use as kindling
- Softwoods such as pine and cedar.
- j. Burns slowly and leaves a bed of hot coals
- Hardwoods, especially hickory and mesquite.
7. Name two examples each of trees which:
- a. Grow best in wet lands
- Bald Cypress, Sycamore, Willow, Swamp White Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Overcup Oak, Tupelo Gum and Cottonwood.
- b. Grow best at high levels in mountains
Larch, Bristlecone Pine (and may other pines), Birch, and Beech.
