baobab trees, Africa


trunk


Trunk Tanks


Sometimes it doesn't rain on the African plains. Yet the baobab tree is green. Its trunk allows it to store huge amounts of water. Baobab trees can survive a long time without rain. T e baobab, mangrove, and


rainbow eucalyptus are three of many types of trees around the world. Trees are amazing. T ey make their own food. T ey produce oxygen for us to breathe. T ey have been on this planet a long time. Our world wouldn't be the same without them.


WORDWISE


carbon dioxide: a gas, made up of carbon and oxygen, that is present in the air


leaf: the main part of a plant needed for photosynthesis


oxygen: a gas in the air that humans and animals need to breathe


photosynthesis: the process of plants using sunlight to make their own food


plants using sunlight to make their


root: the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground and draws water and nutrients from the soil


seed: a part of a plant from which a new plant can grow


TRAILBLAZER


attaches it to the ground and draws a part of a plant from which a


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