Provide protection against weather, insect & fungal attack
Bring food to the leafs
Bring food from the leafs to the tree
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The xylem can be found in which part of the tree?
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The chlorophyll
The Bast
The sapwood
The roots
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The purpose of the roots are
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To ensure the tree grows
To provide anchorage, absorb water & minerals that the tree uses to create photosynthesis
To reproduce
To make suitable burrowing places for animals
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The tree absorbs [blank_start]carbon[blank_end] dioxide from the atmosphere and releases [blank_start]oxygen[blank_end]
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oxygen
carbon
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Chlorophyll is a [blank_start]green[blank_end] coloured pigment vital to the scientific chemical reaction known as photosynthesis
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green
yellow
pink
purple
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The heartwood does not conduct water or minerals up or down the tree
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True
False
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The pith is on the outer part of the trunk
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True
False
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Conifer trees are so called because of
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The fact they are cone shaped
The fact that their fruit are called cones
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Hardwood timber is obtained from what type of tree?
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Conifer
Christmas
Decidious
Evergreen
Pregunta 10
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Why is it important for a carpenter & joiner to know about how trees grow, what their properties are & what they species are?
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To show off to your friends
Because the teacher says so
To be able to make an educational judgement on whether a specific piece of timber is suitable for a particular job, how to handle that timber, how to treat it and how it reacts to tools & its environment.
I don't need to know, someone else will make the decisions for me