“THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES”

NAME: _____________________

Fill in the blanks, using the list of words taken from the word list.
1. Trees improve ______ quality by slowing and __________
rain water, as well as protecting aquifers and watersheds.

2. The average tree will _________ approximately 2,000

liters of water each year.

3. By _________ the air and ground around them, the

_______ from the trees help cool the Earth’s temperature.

4. __________ renew our air supply by absorbing _________

_________ and producing oxygen.

5. Trees provide ________ and a home for ____________ .

6. It takes approximately 2 tons of __________ to make 1 ton

of ____________ .

7. 1 ton of _________ paper saves approximately 15 trees

and their ___________ .

8. One tree ________ about ¾ of a ton of CO2 over its

___________________ .
9. One car can ___________ up to four tons of
____________ a year- but over time two _________ trees
will remove it.

10. A single mature ___________________ can produce

enough _________ for ten people in a year.

11. Over one given year; one hectare of mature

_________________ will absorb the carbon ____________
of 100 average family cars.

12. An ______ spends 3000 years growing, 300 years

resting and 3000 years ____________ gracefully.

13. Britain has the largest _____________ of

“__________ “ trees in Europe.

14. Britain’s oldest tree is probably the ______________

in ___________ , which is believed to be over 3000 years
old.

15. The world’s tallest tree is a Coast ___________ in

_______________ at 360 feet.
16. The world’s oldest tree has recently been
_____________ in Sweden. It is a tenacious __________
with a _________ system 9,550 years old.

17. The world’s oldest trees are Bristlecone ___________

in the USA, with confirmed ages up to ______ years.

18. It’s estimated that there are 400 Billion _______ on

earth now, that’s 61 ___________________ .

19. We are ______________ the world’s precious ancient

______________ at an unprecedented rate.

20. Less than 10 percent of the ___________ land area

remains as intact forest ____________________ .

21. Only now are we realizing the importance of

______________________ .

22. Don’t look on trees as a _________________ , but as

an endangered species.

WORD WALL:
Commodity, replenishment, Trees, shelter, wildlife, drink,
cooling, water, filtering, shade, carbon dioxide, recycled
timber, paper, habitat, Tayside, oak ,declining, ancient,
removes, produce, lifetime, pollutants, beech tree,
mature, woodland, emissions, population, oxygen,
California, Fortingall Yew, Redwood, 4600, pines,
discovered, spruce, root, trees, per person, destroying,
planet’s, landscapes.