Lesson 9 Trees QUIZ

Tendency of oak trees to produce an overabundance of acorns in a sporadic way

• Masting

• Seedling

• Heartwood

• Sapwood

The wood in the very core of the tree

• Masting

• Seedling

• Sapling

• Heartwood

A baby plant that has just begun to grow

• Masting

• Seedling

• Sapling

• Heartwood

Flowers that have either stamens or carpels, but not both

• Acorn weevil

• Imperfect flower

• Seedling

• Sapling

Insect which eats acorns and deposits its egg inside them

• Heartwood

• Masting

• Acorn weevil

• Sapling

A young tree which has grown to be a few feet high

• Heartwood

• Masting

• Acorn weevil

• Sapling

Surrounds the heartwood and is made of xylem that transports water up from the roots to the leaves

• Sapwood

• Masting

• Heartwood

• Sapling

Small nicks scattered over the surface of a twig are actually little pores called ______________________ where the tree takes in oxygen.

__________________________ are the places on a twig where buds are located.

• nodes

• internodes

• lenticels

• butterflies

The spaces between the nodes are called ________________________________.

• grasshoppers

• branches

• internodes

• ant catapults