1. What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?
Answer: A mountain

2. I fall but never rise, I dance in the breeze before I die. What am I?
Answer: A leaf

3. I give shade in summer, and I’m bare in winter. What am I?
Answer: A tree

4. I whisper without a mouth, rustle without a sound, and turn golden when the cold comes around. What am I?
Answer: Leaves

5. I’m born from a seed, I grow tall and green, I drink the rain, and I love the sun’s sheen. What am I?
Answer: A tree

6. I can be evergreen or bare, birds build homes in my hair. What am I?
Answer: A tree

7. You’ll find me in autumn, scattered on the ground, red and yellow, all around. What am I?
Answer: Fallen leaves

8. I start as a bud, I open with pride, I live on a branch until I die. What am I?
Answer: A leaf

9. I’m a home for squirrels, I’m strong and tall, I drop acorns every fall. What am I?
Answer: An oak tree

10. What wears a crown but isn’t a king, stands tall and green through everything?
Answer: A tree

11. When I’m young, I’m tiny and frail, but one day, I might tip the scale. What am I?
Answer: A seedling

12. I can be chopped, carved, or burned, but before that, I lived and learned. What am I?
Answer: Wood

13. I’m green in spring, bright in fall, I change my colors to please you all. What am I?
Answer: A leaf

14. Without me, the forest would be bare. I’m soft, colorful, and float in air. What am I?
Answer: A leaf

15. I stand firm, my arms stretch wide, I guard the forest with pride. What am I?
Answer: A tree

16. I’m a tree that gives you sweetness, but I’m not a candy shop. What am I?
Answer: A maple tree

17. I wave hello in the breeze, though I’m stuck where I stand. What am I?
Answer: Tree branches

18. What grows up while its roots grow down?
Answer: A tree

19. I grow in forests, parks, and yards, I shed my coat when the weather’s hard. What am I?
Answer: A deciduous tree

20. I live in forests, near streams and ponds, I drop cones instead of fronds. What am I?
Answer: A pine tree

21. I’m tall and mighty, my rings tell my age. What am I?
Answer: A tree trunk

22. I’m full of green during spring and gold during fall, who am I?
Answer: A tree

23. I’m the forest’s lungs, breathing in carbon and giving life back. What am I?
Answer: A tree

24. I grow on trees, fall with grace, crunch beneath feet in autumn’s embrace. What am I?
Answer: A leaf

25. I change colors but not my home. What am I that flutters down like confetti in fall?
Answer: Maple leaf

26. What coats a tree in armor and tells its tale in grooves?
Answer: Bark

27. I anchor giants underground yet never see the sun — what am I?
Answer: Roots

28. I carry water from soil to crown without moving a muscle — what am I?
Answer: Xylem

29. I carry sugar from leaf to root to feed the whole tree — what am I?
Answer: Phloem

30. I sit at the base, a baby tree just starting out — what am I?
Answer: Sapling

31. I’m the tree’s food factory making sugar from sunlight — what process am I?
Answer: Photosynthesis

32. I’m the green pigment that catches sunlight — what am I?
Answer: Chlorophyll

33. I’m tiny pores on a leaf that breathe and sip — what are we called?
Answer: Stomata

34. I’m the ringed proof you lived each passing year — what am I when someone counts my circles?
Answer: Growth rings

35. I’m sticky and sweet, collectors tap me in spring — what am I?
Answer: Sap

36. I fall from an oak and hide a baby tree inside — what am I?
Answer: Acorn

37. I’m a cone that drops seeds on forest floors — what am I?
Answer: Pine cone

38. I curl and connect blade to branch like a tiny stem — what am I?
Answer: Petiole

39. I’m the network that links tree roots and fungi — what helpful web is this?
Answer: Mycorrhizae

40. I’m paper’s ancestor, mashed wood turned thin — what process makes me?
Answer: Pulping

41. I stand like a king of the forest, ancient and tall — who am I?
Answer: Sequoia

42. I store carbon and keep the climate cooler — what role do trees play?
Answer: Carbon sink

43. I’m a tree that bends and weeps by water’s edge — who am I?
Answer: Willow

44. I drip amber from a wound and once sealed ships — what resin am I?
Answer: Pitch

45. I’m a tree celebrated in syrup and autumn reds — what species am I?
Answer: Sugar maple

46. I’m a coastal tree that survives salt and tide — what am I?
Answer: Mangrove

47. I bloom in spring with fragrant white or pink clusters — who am I that bears fruit for pies?
Answer: Cherry tree

48. I give sturdy boards for floors and tables — what prized timber am I?
Answer: Oak wood

49. I’m tall, straight, commonly used as logs for paper — what fast-growing genus am I?
Answer: Poplar

50. I’m a tree of the desert with a massive trunk storing water — who am I?
Answer: Baobab

51. I’m thin, white, and papery, home to poets and birch lovers — who am I?
Answer: Birch

52. I’m evergreen and smell of Christmas when cut — who am I?
Answer: Fir

53. I’m rounded, with spiky green fruit and edible nuts inside — what tree am I?
Answer: Chestnut

54. I’m planted in avenues for shade and city grace — what common urban tree am I?
Answer: Plane tree

55. I drop needles instead of leaves and cone instead of bloom — what kind of tree am I?
Answer: Conifer

56. I’m a tropical giant that gives coconuts — what palm am I?
Answer: Coconut palm

57. I produce latex tapped for rubber goods — what tree yields that milky sap?
Answer: Rubber tree

58. I stand in groves full of fruit, blossoms, and blossom bees — what planted orchard am I?
Answer: Apple orchard

59. I’m a short trimmed tree grown in a pot as art — what miniature practice am I?
Answer: Bonsai

60. I rot into rich soil that feeds new life — what do fallen leaves become?
Answer: Leaf litter (humus)

61. I’m the outermost layer that protects from sun and pests — what am I called?
Answer: Bark (distinct phrasing)

62. I’m the hollow left when the trunk rots away — what am I?
Answer: Tree cavity

63. I’m cut low after logging, a reminder of what once stood — what remains?
Answer: Stump

64. I’m small and green, a friend to bees when spring arrives — what am I on a tree?
Answer: Blossom

65. I’m the act of shaping for harvest and health — what is the gardener doing?
Answer: Pruning

66. I protect young trees from hungry mouths and hoofs — what guard might be used?
Answer: Tree guard

67. I’m wood burned slowly to cook, heat, and create art — what am I?
Answer: Charcoal

68. I’m a disease that darkens leaves and weakens limbs — what fungal threat is this?
Answer: Dutch elm disease

69. I’m the layer of branches forming forest ceilings — what ecological layer am I?
Answer: Canopy

70. I’m the layer beneath the canopy, where shrubs and small trees live — what is this called?
Answer: Understory

71. I’m the world of trees covering hills and plains — what large-scale area am I?
Answer: Forest

72. I’m a wet forest dense with life and endless rainfall — what rainforest am I?
Answer: Tropical rainforest

73. I’m a tool used to fell trees and shape timber — what am I?
Answer: Axe

74. I’m a wooden gate made strong from many planks — what common fence material am I?
Answer: Timber fence

75. I’m the sweet drink made from tapped tree sap boiled down — what is this treat?
Answer: Maple syrup

76. I’m the common name for wood shavings used around plants — what am I as mulch?
Answer: Wood chips

77. I’m the process that turns old growth into farmland or pasture — what is this clearing called?
Answer: Deforestation

78. I’m a young tree planted to restore a hill — what’s this hopeful action?
Answer: Reforestation

79. I’m honored when people plant me for memories and ceremonies — what is this tree use?
Answer: Memorial tree

80. I’m the scent from crushed leaves that tells rain is near — what smell is this?
Answer: Petrichor

81. I’m the tree that bends in wind and survives floods with long stilt roots — who am I?
Answer: Mangrove (distinct angle)

82. I’m the hard, valuable wood used for furniture and shipbuilding — what is this pricey timber?
Answer: Teak

83. I’m the tree whose fruit inspired Newton’s thought — what classic fruit tree?
Answer: Apple tree

84. I’m an aromatic wood used for chests and moth protection — what tree gives cedar?
Answer: Cedar

85. I’m the tree that paints entire hills gold or crimson each autumn — what spectacle is this?
Answer: Autumn foliage

86. I’m tiny veins on a leaf that map its food routes — what are they called?
Answer: Leaf veins

87. I’m the tiny seed case that bursts open with a pop on some trees — what sack am I?
Answer: Samara (helicopter seed)

88. I shelter birds, insects, and moss—the small world on a single trunk—what is that community?
Answer: Microhabitat

89. I stand where rivers meet and stabilize banks with woven roots — what function do trees perform?
Answer: Bank stabilization

90. I’m a tree once sacred to many cultures, often called the tree of life — which symbolic tree?
Answer: Yew

91. I’m the fibrous inner bark used long ago for cloth and rope — what ancient fiber am I?
Answer: Bast (e.g., from lime or hemp trees)

92. I’m a grove of olive trees planted for oil and history — what landscape am I?
Answer: Olive grove

93. I’m the loud crash when a dead limb falls in a storm — what hazard is this called?
Answer: Falling limb

94. I’m the season when buds swell and green returns — what season is this?
Answer: Spring

95. I’m the cool retreat under branches on a summer day — what do people call this shady spot?
Answer: Shade

96. I’m made by layering branches to make more trees without seeds — what propagation method is this?
Answer: Layering

97. I’m the pattern left when wood is cut along the grain — what texture does this show?
Answer: Grain

98. I’m the sound leaves make when wind plays through them — what sound is that?
Answer: Rustle

99. I’m the practice of keeping forests for public use and renewal — what stewardship is this?
Answer: Sustainable forestry

100. I’m the small green promise that falls, roots, and begins a giant’s life — what tiny thing am I?
Answer: Seedling