NATURE TRUE AND FALSE
TREES

DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING NATURE TRUE AND FALSE QUESTIONS ON TREES? TRY EACH ONE, THEN CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE HOW YOU DID.

1. ALL trees have leaves.

2. Trees grow from the top rather than from the bottom up.

3. Tree roots are very lazy and just sit in the ground doing nothing.

4. Medicine can be made from trees.

5. Syrup comes from trees.

6. Apple tree blossoms are pretty but have no real purpose.

7. Trees never get sick. When they die it is either because they are old or became injured.

8. Many small plants have beautiful flowers, but trees only have leaves.

9. Willow trees love water.

10. If a late spring frost kills a tree's young leaves, the tree will die.

11. One of the great things that trees give us is the air that we breath.

12. Almost all maple trees produce a sweet sap that can be made into maple syrup.

13. Trees give off carbon dioxide, which pollutes the air.

14. A shade tree can cool your house almost as good as air conditioning.

15. The world's tallest tree is a coast redwood in California.

16. If you make a mark on a tree trunk about 5 feet off the ground and come back in 5 years, the mark will be about 5 inches higher.

17. If you cut a tree or a tree branch in half, it would expose growth rings.

18. An oak tree's best friend is a squirrel.

19. A squirrel's best friend is an oak tree.

20. People who plant trees become healthier, better looking, richer, and have more friends.

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21. The color of a leaf depends on what pigments are in the leaf.

22. In the spring and summer the only pigment in the leaf it chlorophyll.

23. The cool weather of September and October causes leaves to change colors.

24. Leaves need a lot of sunlight to produce chlorophyll.

25. With less sunlight in the fall, other colors can show up in the leaves.

26. Sunlight is the only factor that determines leaf color in the fall.

27. It is important for trees to shed their leaves before a big snow hits.

28. Pine trees (think of Christmas trees) do not have leaves so heavy snow is not a concern for them.

29. Pine trees can save an animal's life in the winter time.

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