Trees and Forests Unit Review Test Part 2

What supports the entire tree?

• roots

• trunk

• crown

• heartwood

 

 

what absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?

• roots

• trunk

• crown

• cambium

Living xylem that transports water and nutrients up from the roots to the crown.

• sapwood

• outer bark

• cambium

• heartwood

The part of the tree that carries food from the leaves to the branches, stems and roots.

• roots

• outer bark

• sapwood

• inner bark

Produces new bark and new wood every year.

• heartwood

• cambium

• crown

• sapwood

The center of the tree and is composed of dead cells:

• outer bark

• cambium

• heartwood

• inner bark

Protects the tree from diseases and insects.

• inner bark

• cambium

• heartwood

• outer bark

What would best describe what this tree has experienced?

• drought

• insect infestation

• competition

• fire

What may have happened to this tree?

• drought

• fire

• insect infestation

• competition

 

Counting the number of rings within a tree tells us...

• What month the tree started growing in

• How old the tree is

• How old the leaves on the tree are

• The number of insects that live in the tree