A plant, bush, or tree has leaves for the whole year.
An eggplant
A deciduous tree
An evergreen plant
A sunflower
A ______ tree loses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in the spring.
evergreen
neverold
dreaming
deciduous
Name some well-known evergreens that you know?
Pine, fir, and spruce. (These trees are easiest recognize by their leaves.)
What tree is it?
Maple tree
Oak tree
Pine tree
Durian tree
What tree is it?
Maple tree
Fir tree
Spruce tree
What tree is it?
Spruce tree
Peach tree
Pear tree
The thin, pointy things on the evergreen trees are actually their ______ . We usually call them needles.
leaves
petals
roots
trunks
Even though, needles don't look like the leaves on other trees, they have the same job- ________.
to catch bird poop
to catch snow
to catch fish
to catch sunlight
Trees use sunlight to make _____. And energy helps the tree grow.
energy
soil
milk
water
The thin needles we find on evergreens help keep the water inside the trees, for as long as it can through winter.
True
Needles on evergreens are covered with a thin layer of stuff that's kind of like _____.
coke
wax
sugar
syrup
The waxy layer covering the neddles helps trap water inside the needles, so the tree doesn't _________.
dry out
get rich
turn yellow
Cones are always big.
False (Cones can be big or small and even corloful.)
What is the cone's job?
To make the seeds that will someday grow into new trees.
The seeds are a tasty snack for animals like _____, ______, and ______.
squirrels, chipmunks, and birds
Evergreens that have cones also have a special name. This group of plants is called ______.
Conifers
Mosses and liverworts
Ferns
Flowering plants
