Tree project

Here are five facts about trees that I would like to share with you.

1. Trees are helpful to the environment.
   • Trees fight global warming by breathing in carbon dioxide and too much carbon dioxide is harmful to animals.
   • Trees provide habitats to wild life. Monkeys, tree frogs and birds live in trees.
   • Tree roots compact soil which helps prevent erosion. Trees can also help prevent erosion by blocking wind.
2. Trees are helpful to humans.
   • Trees provide a variety of food. Three types are apples, oranges, and bananas.
   • Many of the items we use every day come from trees like pencils and paper.
   • Trees provide shade, which cools down people.
   • Trees breathe out oxygen and humans breathe it in.

3. There are over 200 types of trees.
   • There are 6 types of apple trees. My favorite is golden delicious.
   • There are 4 kinds of willow trees. One is a weeping willow.
   • Another type is the maple tree. There are 9 types of maple trees.
   • My favorite tree is a maple because it provides maple syrup.

4. Different trees grow better in different areas.
   • These areas are called hardiness zones. There are 11 zones in North America.
     
   • Eight of the 11 zones are found in the United States. They are zones 2 through 10.
   • Kentucky is a mixture of zones 6 and 7. Red Maple, Paper Birch and Smoketree grow well in Kentucky.
     
5. The Oak tree is the national tree.

• Americans voted for the national tree on the Arbor Day website. The President signed a bill making this vote official.
• Oak trees grow best in hardiness zones 7 through 10.
• A long time ago, wood from oak trees was used for building wooden boats. Today, the wood is mostly used for furniture.

Trees are related to the book Walk Two Moons because:

• Sal's mom kissed every tree close by. Sal did it later, after her mom, and thought it tasted like blackberries.
  
• Sal's sole picture was a maple leaf in a circle.
  
• Sal prayed to trees and her middle name is Tree.
• Sal's mom likes trees and her name means maple sugar which comes from trees.

I found this information on the Arbor Day website and Gardenguides.com.