Key QuestionKey Question

What happens when a canker forms on a What happens when a canker forms on a chestnut tree?chestnut tree?

What have we learned about the American What have we learned about the American Chestnut Tree?Chestnut Tree?

ObjectivesObjectives

Students will analyze data to determine the Students will analyze data to determine the effects of cankers on the chestnut tree. effects of cankers on the chestnut tree.

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the American Chestnut Tree.the American Chestnut Tree.

Warm-UpWarm-Up

What is capillary action?What is capillary action?

Why is capillary action important to trees?Why is capillary action important to trees?

Celery Lab ConclusionCelery Lab Conclusion

What happened to the celery?What happened to the celery?

Observe and record any new data. Observe and record any new data.

Conclusion:Conclusion: How are the three celery stalks different?How are the three celery stalks different? What would happen to a tree when a canker What would happen to a tree when a canker

forms on it?forms on it?

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Click to the next slide to review chestnut tree Click to the next slide to review chestnut tree concepts!concepts!

DirectionsDirections

A. The study of Life

B. The study of Heredity

C. The study of Cells

D. The study of Babies

For $100 - What is Genetics?

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1. Read Question

2. A Line will appear and then you can Click anywhere on the screen to reveal the correct answer.

3. Click if you were correct Click if incorrect.

Begin!

Answer: B. The study of Heredity

A. The Red Oak Tree

B. The American Chestnut Tree

C. The Chinese Chestnut Tree

D. The Maple Tree

Answer: B. The American Chestnut Tree

For $100 – What tree once flourished in North

America?

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A. Hawaii and Alaska

B. North Dakota to Texas

C. Maine to Georgia

D. Washington to California

Answer: C. Maine to Georgia

For $200, Where did the American Chestnut flourish?

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A. C = Πd

B. C = Πr

C. C = Π/d

D. C = Π/r

Answer: A. C= Πd

For $300, How do you find the circumference of a circle?

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For $400, What is the circumference of a tree with a base that has a radius of

20 cm?

A. 6.4 cm

B. 12.7 cm

C. 62.8 cm

D. 125.6 cm

Answer: D. 125.6 cm

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For $500, What is a silhouette?

A. The edge of a leafB. The outline of a treeC. A young plantD. Microscopic size objects produced

by fungi

Answer: B. The outline of a tree.

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For $1000, How would you find the age of a tree?

A. By counting its ringsB. By counting its leavesC. By counting its knotsD. By counting its branches

Answer: A. By counting its rings

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For $2000, What is the shape of an American Chestnut Tree?

A. Square

B. Rectangle

C. Triangle

D. Oval

Answer: B. Rectangle /

For $4000,When identifying leaves, you look at the …

A. Type, margins, and veins

B. Branches, cankers, and stems

C. Needles, bark, and color

D. Sap, bark, and cankers

Answer: A. Type, margin, and veins

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For $8000, What is the name of the blight found on trees?

A. Orange fungus

B. Blot

C. Cancer

D. Canker

Answer: D. Canker

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For $16,000 What is the margin of the leaf?

A. The veins of the leaf. B. The bottom of the leaf. C. The edge of the leaf. D. The stem of the leaf.

Answer: C. The edge of the leaf

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For $32,000 What do parallel veins look like?

A. Veins can’t be parallel.B. When all veins radiate from a central

point.C. When all veins come from a main vein.D. When all veins point in straight lines

Final Answer?? Click to continue

Answer: D. /

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For $64,000 What caused the American Chestnut Tree

blight?

A. Overcrowded forests

B. A fungus

C. Gypsy moths

D. Pollution

Answer: B.

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For $125,000 What forces cause capillary action?

A. Adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension

B. Push and Pull

C. Surface tension

D. Gravity and friction

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Answer: A. /

For $250,000 Why do plants need capillary action?

A. They use it to create flowers. B. They use it for reproduction.C. They use it to pull water and nutrients

from the soil. D. They use it to defend themselves.

Final Answer?? Click when your ready.Answer: C. 100% Tt /

500,000 Why aren’t chestnut tree roots affected by fungus?

A. Water prevents it from growing B. The fungus does not grow undergroundC. The fungus can only grow on barkD. Other bacteria prevent growth

Final Answer?? D

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For $1,000,000 How do cankers effect capillary

action?

A. Blocks path of capillary actionB. Eliminates cohesionC. Eliminates adhesionD. Eliminates surface tension

Final Answer?? Click to continue!Answer: A. /

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