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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Trees

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Throughout most of the temperate world, there are a few dozen trees that are very common. They are often even planted near people’s yards and in city parks. As often as they are seen, many people don’t know what kind of trees they are. Other people are well acquainted with the trees and can easily name the most common varieties. The following quiz is meant to see how well you know trees.

Following are some of the most common trees in temperate areas. Each question will show a leaf or something distinctive about the tree. The quiz is to match the picture with the kind of tree. To make it a little easier, specific species aren’t used. Just the general kind of trees are used in the answers. 

  • Question of

    What tree has leaves like this:

    • Oak
    • Elm
    • Pine
  • Question of

    What tree has leaves like this:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Pine
    • Maple
    • Fir
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Maple
    • Juniper
    • Oak
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this (spring picture):

    • Redwood
    • Aspen
    • Cherry
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Juniper
    • Alder
    • Poplar
  • Question of

    What kind of trees are these:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of trees are these:

    • Aspen
    • Pine
    • Ash
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Birch
    • Poplar
    • Fir
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Alder
    • Oak
    • Pine
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Ash
    • Cedar
    • Beech
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What kind of tree is this:

    • Spruce
    • Sequoia
    • Yucca

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Written by Rex Trulove

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  3. Since you already know about the glitch I’ll just report that I answered yes to all the yes or no’s and got all the real questions right. I study trees and photography them all the time. When I couldn’t identify a tree, I could usually eliminate two of the options I knew it wasn’t.

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  4. Fun quiz. Botched one but now I know! I’ve missed a few mistakes before publishing a quiz and wonder if there is a way to make edits after it is accepted for publication.

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  5. 16 out of 17. I think there was a glitch when you created this quiz. Some of the questions said what kind of tree is this and the answers to choose from were Yes or No and didn’t list what tree it is to choose from.

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  10. I got all of them correct. Yes this happens when you edit sometimes. I knew how to answer all the yes or no questions as this has happened to me Several times! Good quiz, these were easy trees for me.

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  12. I got all the ‘real’ questions right, but you’ve got a bunch of duplicated up there, with yes/no answers. I’ve noticed this happen to me when adding photos to questions. Very nice quiz, Rex.

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