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Sci. Vocab
8-2 Tree Vocab Quiz
Question | Answer |
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Evergreen | trees with needles or leaves that remain alive and on the trees over the winter ans into the next growing season. |
Conifer | a cone-bearing tree |
Deciduous | shedding all leaves annually |
Broadleaf | a tree with leaves that are flat and thin, and generally shed annually |
Blade | the flat part of a leaf or leaflet |
Petiole | the leafstalk that connects the blade to the twig |
Midrib | the primary rid or central vein of a leaf |
Lobes | projections that shape a leaf |
Teeth | notches on the outer edge of a leaf |
Entire | a leaf margin with smooth, untoothed edges |
Margin | the edge of a leaf |
Pinnate | blades, lobes or veins of a leaf arranged like the vanes of a feather |
Palmate | blades, lobes or veins of the leaf arranged like fingers on the palm of a hand |
Simple Leaf | a single leaf blade with a bud at the base of the leafstem |
Compound Leaf | a leaf with more than one blade. All blades are attatched to a single leafstem. Where the leafstem attatches to the twig there is a bud |
Opposite | 2 or 3 leaves that are directly across from eachother on the same twig |
Alternate | leaves that are staggered, not placed directly across from eachother on the twig |