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Questions
- What is the “Wood Wide Web”?
- How do trees send warnings to each other underground?
- What can trees release into the air to warn other trees?
- What do “mother trees” do for young trees?
- Do trees only communicate through their roots? (Yes/No)
- Why is protecting forests important, according to the text?
- What helps trees connect their roots under the ground?
True or False
- Trees can send water and food to each other.
- Mycorrhizae are special fungi that help connect tree roots.
- Trees never communicate through the air.
- Older trees can help young trees by sharing nutrients.
- Forests are just groups of individual trees with no connections.
Discussion Questions
- Have you ever walked in a forest? How did it make you feel?
- Do you think trees are important to people? Why or why not?
- Would you like to learn more about how plants and trees communicate?
- How can we help protect forests in our daily lives?
- Are there other examples in nature where living things help each other?
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Answer Key
Questions
- The underground network of roots and fungi that connects trees and allows them to communicate.
- By sending signals through their roots and the fungi that connect them.
- Chemicals.
- They share extra water and nutrients with them.
- No.
- Because their communication helps the whole system stay strong and healthy.
- Mycorrhizae (special fungi).
- True.
- True.
- False.
- True.
- False.