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How Do Oak Trees Adapt? | Plant Adaptations
When it comes to adaptation, oak trees are champs. They have adapted to make the best of whatever water, weather, and soil is around them so they can grow almost anywhere.
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Questions and Prompts for Educators
Check for Understanding
- What is an adaptation?
- Why do oaks need to adapt to different environments?
- How have oaks adapted to these environments?
Take It Further
- Most oak trees have roots that spread three times wider than the tree above the ground. How might these roots help oak trees survive in different climate conditions?
- Oak trees grow all over the world, on almost every continent. Why do you think oaks in dry climates, like California, keep their leaves year-round?
Create
- Oaks have adapted to withstand fires, floods, and warm and wet climates. Draw or describe your own plant that can survive one or two of these conditions.
Make a Personal Connection
- Besides adapting to new school routines, what are some other ways you’ve had to adapt? Draw or write a story about one of these experiences.
Next Generation Science Standards: Disciplinary Core Ideas
- LS2.A: INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS
