Parts of a Tree
Trunk/Stem
Roots
Crown
Xylem/Sapwood
Cambium
Lateral Roots
Smaller Roots
Root Hairs
Support/Anchor Tree
Absorb Water and Nutrients
Phloem/Inner Bark
Heartwood
Bark
Branches
Processes
Photosynthesis
Cyclical falling of leaves
Supports Crown
Innermost cells, hardened, support tree
Transport water and nutrients from roots to crown
Growing layer - tree grows a little thicker each year
Carries nutrients and sugars from the leaves down the tree
Protective layer - insects, weather, disease, etc.
Growth, especially as sapling #
Give tree shape and structure
Different branches are different areas of knowledge
Some are thick, some are small, but they all add to the overall shape and balance of our knowledge
Create sugar to feed tree
Creates oxygen
Good for the world, as we grow as people we have more to give back to the world
The facts themselves are often not so important, but they help fuel our deeper understanding of a topic #
Leaves fall every Autumn
Forget what we learned over Summer
Trees continue to grow throughout their whole life #
Even though we stop growing physically, we never have to stop growing as a person
Convert carbon dioxide to sugar and oxygen
Roots also continue to grow throughout the tree's whole life
Even when a tree is cut down, the roots stay in the ground
Some trees can regenerate from roots
Even when we die, we leave a mark on the world
We can impact people ever after we're gone
Trunk is our foundational understanding and knowledge
Roots represent who we are as a person, the deeper aspects of us
Leaves are the facts that guide our learning and growth