What is a Tree?

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Across
  1. 2. what helps us find the age of the tree.
  2. 6. attack the tree.
  3. 10. how to determine the age of a tree.
  4. 12. supports the branches and transports water and minerals to the leaves.
  5. 13. damage the tree.
  6. 14. used to capture maximum sunlight and create food through photosynthesis.
  7. 16. strikes the tree.
Down
  1. 1. the dark dense wood in the center of the trunk which holds the tree.
  2. 2. extend into the soil and anchor the ground.
  3. 3. the living part of the tree that conducts sap and stores food.
  4. 4. trees which lose all their leaves at one time during the year.
  5. 5. burns the tree.
  6. 7. the growing end of trees.
  7. 8. trees which produce cones instead of flowers and keep their leaves for two or more years.
  8. 9. the process by which water and carbon dioxide are turned into sugar and oxygen.
  9. 11. what a seed grows into.
  10. 15. must have food, water and sunlight to grow.
  11. 17. cut down the tree