Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
D e u o
Shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
2.
s u t
Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
3.
s e
A small hard fruit
4.
E g r n
A plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
5.
r o
The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (plural)
6.
l v e
Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn
7.
f l e
Having dropped by the force of gravity
8.
b a
Lacking in magnitude or quantity
9.
g e
The color of grass
10.
C s a s
Holiday celebrated on December 25
11.
S u e
Light soft moderately strong wood of ___ trees
12.
H o
United States rock star
13.
a c
Fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
14.
W n t
The coldest season of the year
15.
p n t
Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil
16.
s e n g
17.
w n
Moving air
18.
b e
Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (plural)
19.
a i l
Living things like dogs and birds
20.
p o e
Human beings
21.
t k
The main stem of a tree
22.
b a
Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
23.
F l
The season when the leaves ___ from the trees