Trees are terrific for many reasons. In fact, trees give us many things we use almost everyday!

Select the best word from below to complete the sentences. gum bat shade chocolate carton oxygen paper ink sap wood 1. Trees supply the ________________________ to build our houses. 2. The __________________ from sugar maple trees is used to make maple syrup. 3. Thank a tree for your chewing __________________. 4. Your milk ___________________________ is a product made from wood. 5. Trees provide cooling ________________________ on a hot summers day. 6. The wood from ash trees makes a great baseball ____________________. 7. Ground, roasted beans from the cocoa tree make great ________________________. 8. The _________________________ printed on this page starts from trees. 9. Trees supply _________________________ for the air we breathe. 10. The wood from trees is used to make the __________________ that you are writing on.

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Can you name New Jerseys State Tree? _________________________

(Hint: It has a color in its name and provides acorns as a food source for wildlife.)

Two kinds of trees in New Jersey. You can color their leaves
1. Deciduous trees that drop their leaves in winter

Red Oak

Black Birch

Sugar Maple

2. Evergreen (coniferous) trees that keep their leaves year round

Pitch Pine

Eastern White Pine

American Holly

Tree Crossword Puzzle

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2. These insects often pollinate trees (4) 3. A building material that comes from trees (4) 4. This can grow into a new tree (4)

Did You Know? Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April.
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5. Apples, oranges, or bananas (5) 7. The part of a tree that attaches it to the ground to soak up water and helps to prevent erosion (5) 9. Where the seed of a pine tree is (4) 11. The skin of trees (4)

13. The thick part of a tree (5) 14. Trees need this to make food (8)

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Down 1. These gather sunlight to make food for trees (6) 2. Flowers just before they open (4)
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3. Trees soak this up through their roots (5) 6. A colorful part of some trees that later makes seeds or fruit (6) 8. The sticky liquid inside a tree (3)

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10. The leaves of a pine tree (7) 11. The part of a tree where leaves are (6) 12. The leaf of a flower (5)

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