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Leaves

Total questions: 179

Worksheet time: 2hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following describes the way tree branches in the picture above?

a)

Compound

b)

Alternate

c)

Opposite

d)

All of the above

2.

How do you describe the branching in the above picture?

a)

Alternate

b)

Opposite

c)

whorled

d)

None of the above

3.

This oak tree shows which pattern of branching?

a)

alternate

b)

opposite

4.

And which type of branching pattern does this red maple show you?

a)

alternate

b)

opposite

5.
What kind of trees shed their leaves?
a)
coniferous
b)
decidious
6.
a)
alternate
b)
opposite
c)
simple
d)
pinnate compound
7.
a)
opposite 
b)
palmate
c)
alternate
d)
pinnately compound
8.
a)
palmate
b)
pinnate
c)
alternate
d)
simple
9.

Identify the leaf margin of the plant species.

a)

Entire

b)

Sinuate

c)

Serrate

d)

Pinnate

10.

Identify the leaf arrangement of the plant species.

a)

Bipinnate

b)

Alternate

c)

Entire

d)

Opposite

11.

Identify the leaf arrangement of the plant species.

a)

Opposite

b)

Alternate

c)

Palmate

d)

Bipinnate

12.

Identify the leaf arrangement of the plant species.

a)

Lobate

b)

Alternate

c)

Palmate

d)

Opposite

13.

Identify the leaf arrangement of the plant species.

a)

Palmate

b)

Bipinnate

c)

Opposite

d)

Whorled

14.

Identify the leaf arrangement of the plant species.

a)

Whorled

b)

Pinnate

c)

Opposite

d)

Sinuate

15.

Identify the following leaf margin of the plant species.

a)

Opposite

b)

Serrate

c)

Lobate

d)

Entire

16.

Identify the leaf margin of the plant species.

a)

Whorled

b)

Entire

c)

Serrate

d)

Sinuate

17.

Identify the leaf margin of the plant species.

a)

Spiny

b)

Serrate

c)

Entire

d)

Alternate

18.
a)
alternate
b)
opposite
c)
simple
d)
pinnate compound
19.
a)
opposite 
b)
palmate
c)
alternate
d)
pinnately compound
20.
a)
bipinnately compound
b)
alternate
c)
palmate
d)
pinnate compound
21.
a)
bipinnate compound
b)
pinnate compound
c)
palmate
d)
double opposite
22.
What type of leaf is this? 
a)
pinnate
b)
palmate
c)
simple
d)
none
23.
What type of leaf margin is this?
a)
smooth
b)
serrated
24.
The picture is of what type of leaf arrangement?
a)
alternate
b)
whorled
c)
opposite
d)
simple
25.
The picture is of what type of leaf?
a)
simple
b)
compound
c)
complex
d)
staggered
26.
The picture is of what type of leaf arrangement?
a)
alternate
b)
opposite
c)
whorled
d)
compound
27.
What type of leaf arrangement is shown?
a)
opposite
b)
whorled
c)
alternate
d)
cyclical 
28.
What type of leaf arrangement is shown?
a)
opposite
b)
alternate
c)
whorled
d)
cyclical 
29.
Type of leaf margin shown?
a)
smooth
b)
toothed
c)
lobed
d)
bristle-tipped
30.
Type of leaf margin shown?
a)
smooth
b)
Toothed
c)
Doubly toothed
d)
Bristle-tipped
31.
Type of leaf margin shown?
a)
Smooth
b)
Toothed
c)
Lobed
d)
Bristle-tipped
32.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Palmately lobed
b)
Palmately compound
c)
Pinneately lobed
d)
Pinneately compound
33.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Palmately lobed
b)
Palmately compound
c)
Pinneately lobed
d)
Pinneately compound
34.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Palmately lobed
b)
Palmately compound
c)
Pinneately lobed
d)
Pinneately compound
35.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Palmately lobed
b)
Palmately compound
c)
Pinneately lobed
d)
Pinneately compound
36.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Needle-like
b)
Scale-like
c)
Broad and flat
d)
All of the choices
37.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Needle-like
b)
Scale-like
c)
Broad and flat
d)
All of the choices
38.
Type of leaf shown?
a)
Needle-like
b)
Scale-like
c)
Broad and flat
d)
All of the choices
39.
Coniferous trees are also known as:
a)
Angiosperms
b)
Hardwoods
c)
Gymnosperms
d)
Broadleafs
40.
Conifer leaves are usually:
a)
Scale-like
b)
Needle-like
c)
Broad and flat
d)
Scale-like OR Needle-like
41.
Deciduous trees:
a)
Lose their leaves each fall
b)
Are also known as angiosperms
c)
Are hardwoods
d)
All of the choices
42.
These trees have broad, flat leaves but are Evergreens
a)
Holly trees
b)
Larch trees
c)
Yew trees
d)
None of the choices
43.
Which type of tree is shown here?
a)
Angiosperms
b)
Conifers
c)
Broadleafs
d)
Christmas trees
44.
What type of tree is shown here?
a)
Gymnosperms
b)
Softwoods
c)
Conifers
d)
Deciduous trees
45.
What type of leaf arrangement is shown here?
a)
Opposite
b)
Alternate
c)
Whorled 
d)
Gymnosperm
46.
Type of tree?
a)
Oak
b)
Pine
c)
Maple
d)
Holly
47.
Type of tree?
a)
maple
b)
oak
c)
holly
d)
pine
48.

This leaf's margin is

a)

smooth

b)

wavy

c)

lobed

d)

serrate

49.

This leaf's venation is

a)

parallel

b)

pinnate

c)

palmate

d)

All the above

50.

This leaf's arrangement is

a)

simple

b)

compound pinnate

c)

compound palmate

d)

All the above

51.

This leaf's margin is

a)

smooth

b)

wavy

c)

lobed

d)

serrate

52.

This leaf's venation is

a)

parallel

b)

pinnate

c)

palmate

d)

All the above

53.

This leaf's venation is

a)

parallel

b)

pinnate

c)

palmate

d)

All the above

54.

Which leaf has a parallel venation?

a)

Left

b)

Middle

c)

Right

d)

All

55.

Name the leaf margin.

a)

Smooth

b)

Wavy

c)

Lobed

d)

Serrated/Coarse-toothed

56.

Name the leaf shape.

a)

Orbicular

b)

Heart-shaped/Cordate

c)

Deltoid/Triangle

d)

Oval

57.

The flat broad surface part of the leaf is called the _,

a)

Petiole

b)

Midrib

c)

Blade

d)

Chlorophyll

58.

What type of leaf arrangement is this?

a)

Whorl

b)

Needle

c)

Alternate

d)

Basal

59.

What is the arrangement of this leaf?

a)

Scale-like

b)

Cluster of more than 5

c)

Opposite

d)

Four-sided

60.
The edge of the leaf blade is called ______. `
a)
midrib
b)
margin
c)
petiole
d)
leaf base
61.
The central vein is also called _____.
a)
midbrib
b)
margin
c)
apex
d)
base
62.
a)
serrate leaf margin
b)
serrulate leaf margin
c)
sinuate leaf margin
d)
undulate leaf margin
63.
a)
lobed leaf margin
b)
undulate leaf margin
c)
crenate leaf margin
d)
serrulate leaf margin
64.
a)
crenate leaf margin
b)
dentate leaf margin
c)
entire leaf margin
d)
incised leaf margin
65.
a)

Cherry

b)

Sweetgum

c)

Yellow Poplar

d)

Hemlock

66.
a)

Sugar Maple

b)

Sweetgum

c)

Red Oak

d)

American Beech

67.
a)

Yellow Poplar

b)

White Ash

c)

Paper Birch

d)

Sycamore

68.
a)

Sycamore

b)

American Beech

c)

Black Cherry

d)

American Elm

69.
a)

American Beech

b)

Red Maple

c)

American Elm

d)

Black Cherry

70.
a)

Red Oak

b)

Butternut Hickory

c)

Horse Chestnut

d)

White Oak

71.
a)

Red Oak

b)

Butternut Hickory

c)

White Oak

d)

Red Maple

72.
a)

Flowering Dogwood

b)

Sumac

c)

Cucumber-tree Magnolia

d)

Black Cherry

73.
a)

Norway Maple

b)

Red Maple

c)

White Ash

d)

Yellow Birch

74.

What is the main sun collecting structure on the leaf?

a)

Petiole

b)

Midrib

c)

Leaf Blade

d)

Leaf

75.

What is a simple leaf?

a)

The simplest form of leaf

b)

Has only one blade

c)

Is divided into three or more sections

d)

Not very common

76.

What is a compound leaf?

a)

A leaf with multiple blades

b)

There is only one type

c)

Has only one blade

d)

Most plants have this type of leaf

77.

What leaf vein pattern is this?

a)

Parallel

b)

Pinnate

c)

Palmate

78.

What leaf vein pattern is this?

a)

Parallel

b)

Pinnate

c)

Palmate

79.

What category is the White Birch.

a)

Deciduous

b)

Coniferous

80.

Is this leaf evergreen or deciduous?

a)

Evergreen

b)

Deciduous

81.

Is this leaf evergreen or deciduous?

a)

Evergreen

b)

Deciduous

82.

Is this leaf evergreen or deciduous?

a)

evergreen

b)

deciduous

83.

Is this leaf simple, compound, or neither

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Neither

84.

Is this leaf simple, compound, or neither

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Neither

85.

Is this leaf arrangement alternate, opposite or whorled?

a)

Alternate

b)

Opposite

c)

Whorled

86.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

87.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

88.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

89.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

90.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

91.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

92.

Is the leaf margin smooth or serrate?

a)

Smooth

b)

Serrate

93.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

94.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

95.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

96.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

97.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

98.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

99.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

100.

Is this leaf shape lobed or entire?

a)

Lobed

b)

Entire

101.
Veins or leaflets radiating out fan like
a)
Palmate
b)
Pinnate
c)
Deciduous
d)
Evergreen
102.

Trees that have wide flat leaves

a)

Conifer

b)

Broad Leaf

c)

Needle leaf

d)

Alternate

103.
A leaf that is made up of one leaf blade
a)
Compound
b)
Serrate
c)
Lobe
d)
Simple
104.

What is the scientific name for a Flowering Dogwood?

a)

Acer rubrum

b)

Cornus florida

c)

Liriope muscari

d)

Targetes erects

105.

Alphonso's small, deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves, three- to five-inch long brown bean-type pods, and pink-purple colored seasonal flowers is an

a)

Ajuga

b)

Easter redbud

c)

Eastern white pine

d)

English ivy

106.
What is the genus for all maples?
a)
Pyrus
b)
Acer
c)
Pinus
d)
Quercus
107.
What plant has gum balls as its fruit?
a)
Willow Oak
b)
Loblolly Pine
c)
Flowering Dogwood
d)
Sweetgum
108.
Which is a small tree that flowers in the spring?
a)
Loblolly
b)
Willow Oak
c)
Flowering Dogwood
d)
Sweetgum
109.
Which of the following has acorns?
a)
Red Maple
b)
Willow Oak
c)
Japanese Maple
d)
Loblolly Pine
110.
What tree is pictured?
a)
Japanese Maple
b)
Red Maple
c)
River Birch
d)
Loblolly Pine
111.
This tree is ...
a)
River Birch
b)
Flowering Dogwood
c)
Bradford Pear
d)
Flowering Cherry
112.

Identify

a)

HIckory

b)

Poplar

c)

Maple

d)

Sycamore

113.
a)

Sassafras

b)

Holly

c)

Maple

d)

Red Bud

114.

Identify

a)

Hickory

b)

Beech

c)

Maple

d)

Sassafras

115.
a)

Oak

b)

Maple

c)

Hickory

d)

Beech

116.

Identify

a)

Sweet Gum

b)

Sycamore

c)

Maple

d)

Oak

117.
a)

Sweet Gum

b)

Hickory

c)

Maple

d)

Sycamore

118.
a)

Oak

b)

Hickory

c)

Poplar

d)

Beech

119.
a)

Maple

b)

Beech

c)

Sycamore

d)

Maple

120.
a)

Maple

b)

Redbud

c)

Beech

d)

Sassafras

121.
a)

Beech

b)

Maple

c)

Oak

d)

Hickory

122.

What is the scientific name for Post Oak?

a)

Quercus laurifolia

b)

Quercus virginiana

c)

Quercus stellata

d)

Quercus laevis

e)

Quercus alba

123.

What is the scientific name for White Oak?

a)

Quercus shumardii

b)

Quercus virginiana

c)

Quercus stellata

d)

Quercus laevis

e)

Quercus alba

124.

What tree is this?

a)

Laurel Oak

b)

White Oak

c)

Post Oak

d)

Shumard Oak

e)

Water Oak

125.

What tree is this?

a)

Laurel Oak

b)

White Oak

c)

Post Oak

d)

Live Oak

e)

Water Oak

126.

What tree is this?

a)

Laurel Oak

b)

White Oak

c)

Post Oak

d)

Live Oak

e)

Water Oak

127.
a)

Post Oak

b)

Water Oak

c)

Live Oak

d)

White Oak

128.
a)

Red Maple

b)

Laurel Oak

c)

Pignut Hickory

d)

Flowering Dogwood

129.
a)

Flowering Dogwood

b)

Carolina Ash

c)

Turkey oak

d)

Southern Catalpa

130.
a)

Mockernut Hickory

b)

Pignut Hickory

c)

Water Hickory

d)

Black Walnut

131.
a)

Water Oak

b)

White Oak

c)

Florida Maple

d)

Shumard Oak

132.
a)

Water Oak

b)

Water Hickory

c)

Pignut Hickory

d)

Black Walnut

133.
a)

Pignut Hickory

b)

Water Hickory

c)

Mockernut Hickory

134.
a)

Florida Maple

b)

Red Maple

135.
a)

Water Oak

b)

White Oak

c)

Live Oak

d)

Shumard Oak

136.
a)

Laurel Oak

b)

Live oak

c)

Turkey Oak

d)

Water oak

137.

What leaf is this?

a)

Laurel Oak

b)

Sweet Gum

c)

Red Maple

d)

Sugar Maple

e)

Blackjack Oak

138.

What leaf is this?

a)

Laurel Oak

b)

Sweet Gum

c)

Maple

d)

Loblolly Pine

e)

Blackjack Oak

139.

What leaf is this?

a)

Ginko

b)

Willow Oak

c)

Magnolia

d)

Yellow Poplar

e)

Chestnut Oak

140.

What leaf is this?

a)

Ginko

b)

Willow Oak

c)

Magnolia

d)

Tulip Poplar

e)

Chestnut Oak

141.
What is the common name for this tree?
a)
Sassafrass albidum
b)
Sassafrass
c)
Liquidambar albidum
d)
Sassyfrass 
142.

What is the common name for this tree?

a)

Water Oak

b)

Sugar Maple

c)

Pitch Pine

d)

Sumac

143.

What is the scientific name for Live Oak?

a)

Quercus laurifolia

b)

Quercus virginiana

c)

Quercus stellata

d)

Quercus laevis

e)

Quercus alba

144.

What is the scientific name for Post Oak?

a)

Quercus laurifolia

b)

Quercus virginiana

c)

Quercus stellata

d)

Quercus laevis

e)

Quercus alba

145.

What is the scientific name for White Oak?

a)

Quercus shumardii

b)

Quercus virginiana

c)

Quercus stellata

d)

Quercus laevis

e)

Quercus alba

146.

What is the genus name for all dogwoods?

a)

Quercus

b)

Acer

c)

Cornus

d)

Ilex

147.

What is the genus name for all maples?

a)

Quercus

b)

Acer

c)

Cornus

d)

Ilex

148.

What is the genus name for all oaks?

a)

Quercus

b)

Acer

c)

Cornus

d)

Ilex

149.
a)

Oak

b)

Hickory

c)

Poplar

d)

Beech

150.
a)

Beech

b)

Maple

c)

Oak

d)

Hickory

151.
a)
Maple family
b)
Oak family
c)
American Sycamore
d)
Tuliptree
152.
a)
Oak family
b)
Maple family
c)
Sweetgum
d)
Tuliptree
153.
a)
American Sycamore
b)
Weeping Willow
c)
Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree
d)
Maple family
154.
What type of tree did this leaf come from?
a)
Pine
b)
Silver Maple
c)
Red Maple
d)
Sugar Maple
155.
What type of tree did this leaf come from?
a)
Sugar Maple
b)
Red Maple
c)
Eastern Redcedar
d)
American Beech
156.
What type of tree is this?
a)
Sumac
b)
American Holly
c)
Eastern Redcedar
d)
Black Maple
157.
a)
Sugar Maple
b)
Norway Maple
c)
Japanese Maple
d)
Red Maple
158.
a)
White Ash
b)
Redbud
c)
Flowering Dogwood
159.
a)
River Birch
b)
European Beech
c)
American Sycamore
d)
Red Maple
160.
Trees
a)
River Birch
b)
White Oak
c)
Japanese Flowering Cherry
d)
Silver Maple
161.
a)
Silk Tree
b)
Ginkgo
c)
Black Walnut
d)
Honey Locust
162.
a)
White Oak
b)
N. Red Oak
c)
Pin Oak
d)
Sycamore
163.
a)
White Oak
b)
Red Oak
c)
Pin Oak
d)
Red Maple
164.
a)
Northern Catalpa
b)
Flowering Dogwood
c)
Sweetgum
d)
Sassafras
165.
a)
Red Oak
b)
Northern Catalpa
c)
Red Bud
d)
Sweetgum
166.
a)
Red Maple
b)
Sycamore
c)
Sugar Maple
d)
White Poplar
167.
a)
White Poplar
b)
Sugar Maple
c)
Sycamore
d)
Red Maple
168.
a)
Red Bud
b)
Sweetgum
c)
Ginkgo
d)
Flowering Dogwood
169.
Identify
a)
Sourwood
b)
Black Cherry
c)
Persimmon
d)
Ash
170.
Identify
a)
Mulberry
b)
Sassafras
c)
Basswood
d)
Catalpa
171.
Identify
a)
Scarlet Oak
b)
Turkey Oak
c)
Southern Red Oak
d)
Cherrybark Oak
172.
Identify
a)
American Beech
b)
American Hornbeam
c)
Eastern Hophornbeam
d)
Black Birch
173.
a)
Post Oak
b)
White Oak
c)
Water Oak
d)
Chestnut Oak
174.
a)
Sassafras
b)
Mulberry
c)
Water Oak
d)
Basswood
175.
a)
American Sycamore
b)
Red Maple
c)
Sugar Maple 
d)
Silver Maple
176.
a)

sourgum

b)

Water Oak

c)

Laurel Oak

d)

Black Cherry

177.
a)
Blackjack Oak
b)
Water Oak
c)
Bluejack Oak
d)
Catalpa
178.
a)
Mulberry
b)
Basswood
c)
Eastern Cottonwood
d)
Catalpa
179.
a)
Winged Elm
b)
American Elm
c)
American Hornbeam
d)
River Birch