Tree Id Pop Quiz
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This document is a tree identification quiz for students. It contains instructions for students to identify tree specimens using leaf characteristics like shape, arrangement on the branch, structure and margins. Students are given slides of 5 tree specimens - Sugar Maple, White Oak, Pitch Pine, Black Walnut and Sassafras - and must identify each tree based on its leaves within a 2 minute time limit, noting the key characteristics that led to their identification decision. The quiz also includes 3 bonus questions about plant anatomy.
Tree Id Pop Quiz
- 1. Tree Identification Pop Quiz Agriscience Last name, First name Plant Science – Tree PQ Date: ____ Period: __ Get out your tree ID papers from Friday!
- 2. Leaf-type Comparison 1. Tell Leaf Type
- 3. 2. Tell Leaf Arrangement
- 4. 3. Tell Leaf Structure
- 5. 4. Tell part of leaf the arrow is pointing to
- 6. 5. Tell the type of leaf margin
- 7. Identification Section a. You will be given 2 minutes for each specimen b. Next to the number on your answer key, write the tree as identified, below it write the decisions you made to get there. See example on board
- 8. Sugar Maple ID Slide Hint: opposite 6.
- 9. White Oak ID Slide Hint: alternate 7.
- 10. Pitch Pine ID Slide 8.
- 11. Black Walnut ID Slide Hint: alternate; sap not milky; leaves hairy 9.
- 12. Bonus Questions ______ carries food through the plants veins. The sugar plants produce in photosynthesis is ___________ The pores in a leaf are called __________
- 13. Sassafras ID Slide 10. Hint: alternate
Editor's Notes
- #9: Sugar Maple Key Guide: 1b – 12a – 13a – 14a – 15b
- #10: White Oak: Key Guide:1b – 12b – 18a – 19b – 22a – 23b – 24b – 25b – 26a – 27a
- #11: Pitch pine: Key Guide: 1a – 2b – 4b – 7a – 8b – 9a
- #12: Black Walnut: Key Guide: 1b – 12b – 18b – 39b – 40b – 41b – 42b – 44b
- #14: Sassafras: Key Guide: 1b – 12b – 18a – 19b – 22a – 23b – 24b – 25a