Canadian Tree
Tours
Test Your
Tree Smarts
1 Which tree was commonly used for sailboats masts during Christopher Columbus' time because it was
tall, straight and strong? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
trembling aspen
white pine
white cedar
all of the above
2 Which trees make the best maple syrup? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
silver maple
sugar maple
red maple
blueberry
3 What are the benefits that humans get from trees? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
oxygen
air conditioning
a source of fuel for heating
wood products
all of the above
4 What are some other benefits? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
protection from the sun and thus skin cancer
higher property values
habitat and food sources for animals
protection from soil erosion and landslides
all of the above
5 How much water does a mature maple tree drink each day? *
a. 1 bathtub
b. 6 bathtubs
c. 105 bathtubs
6 One large tree in a single day can produce the amount of oxygen required by how many people? *
a. 1 person
b. 4 people
c. 100 people
7 What percentage of the homes in Canada is made from wood? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
5%
20%
50%
95%
8 What is the average life span of a downtown urban tree? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
8 years
20 years
50 years
100 years
9 What local native tree sustained Jacques Cartier and his crew and saved them from scurvy? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
service berry
aspen
crack willow
sycamore
10 Which tree’s bark contains the active ingredient in aspirin, salicylic acid? *
a.
b.
c.
d.
red oak
willow
sumac
pine
11. Which tree's wood is so strong and dense that it was used for underground pipes in London's sewage
system?
a.
b.
c.
d.
sumac
elm
silver birch
all of the above
12. Which of the trees listed associates with bacteria that allow it to acquire useable nitrogen directly
from the atmosphere?
a.
b.
c.
d.
red oak
quaking aspen
maple
alder
13. From which type of wood are hockey sticks made?
a.
b.
c.
d.
sugar maple
red maple
white ash
jack pine
14. Which type of tree has tiny seeds surrounded by fluffy white fibres, that are wind-blown?
a.
b.
c.
d.
cottonwood
white oak
Norway maple
apple
15. Which conifer loses its needles in the winter?
a.
b.
c.
d.
jack pine
black spruce
balsam fir
tamarack