High Life Review

Skillbuilders: High Life

Multiple Choice
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1. The topmost branches of a tree are called the
(A) canopy.
(B) crown.
(C) xylem.

2. The interaction of organisms with one another and their environment is known as
(A) biology.
(B) botany.
(C) ecology.

3. Which aquatic animals live high in the top layer of redwood forests?
(A) crabs,
(B) mollusks,
(C) squid

4. Which process in plants turns sunlight into the sugar that keeps them alive?
(A) adhesion,
(B) photosynthesis,
(C) respiration

5. The top layer of a forest is called the
(A) canopy.
(B) crown.
(C) roof.

6. What is the name for the process in which new trunks and branches grow from the broken tops of redwood trees?
(A) reiteration,
(B) regeneration,
(C) resurrection

7. Water’s attraction to other molecules is called
(A) adhesion.
(B) cohesion.
(C) viscosity.

8. The maximum height a tree can reach is about
(A) 30 meters.
(B) 100 meters.
(C) 130 meters.

9. The hollow vessels through which water moves upward in a tree are called
(A) capillaries.
(B) phloem.
(C) xylem.

10. Steve Sillett believes that redwoods are tall so that they can collect
(A) fog.
(B) oxygen.
(C) rainwater.