Trees & Plants
Περιβαλλοντικό Πρόγραμμα 4ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου Ασπροπύργου "Αναλαμβάνουμε δράση – Φυτεύουμε – Κομποστοποιούμε – Προστατεύουμε το περιβάλλον" Σχολικό Έτος 2014-2015
November
The olive tree The olive is an evergreen tree with dark (1) _________ and (2) _________ leaves. Its flowers are white and bloom at the end of (3) _________. People (4) _________ olives at the end of autumn, in November and December, and make olive oil. Olive trees grow in warm (5) ______________ around the Mediterranean (6) ____________. (7) ___________, Italy and Greece are the biggest producers of olive (8) ___________ in the world. In mythology, goddess Athena planted the first olive tree on the Acropolis. In Ancient 8 Greece, a wreath made of olive branches was the prize for the (9) ________ of the Olympic (10) _________.
Answers 1. green 2. silver 3. May 4. collect 5. countries 6. sea 7. Spain 8. oil 9. winners 10. Games
December
The spruce tree The spruce is an (1) _________ coniferus tree. Spruces are (2) _________ trees (20-60 metres high) with (3) _________ green needles and their shape is like a (4) _________. They (5) _________ in May and June. In (6) ________, spruces grow on (7) _________ at a height of 800-1,800 metres. A spruce tree can (8) _________ for about 300-500 (9) _________. People decorate spruce trees at (10) _________.
Answers 1. evergreen 2. large 3. dark 4. pyramid 5. bloom 6. Greece 7. mountains 8. live 9. years 10. Christmas
January
The pomegranate The pomegranate tree is a (1) _________ (2) _________ with bright red (3)_________. It grows between 5-8 metres (4)_________. Pomegranates are (5)_________ coloured fruit that look like (6)_________. They grow from (7)_________ to (8) _________ every year. Inside a pomegranate, there are (9) _________ of red seeds covered with a film. Pomegranates and pomegranate (10)_________ are very good for our (11) _________. In Greece, people smash a pomegranate on their front door on New Year’s Day in order to have health, happiness and (12) _________.
Answers 1. small 2. tree 3. flowers 4. tall 5. red 6. apples 7. September 8. February 9. hundreds 10. juice 11. health 12. money
February
The almond tree The almond tree is a small tree with (1) _________ or (2) __________ flowers. It is a deciduous tree that (3) _________ between 4-10 metres tall with a trunk of up to 30cm in diameter. It grows best in Mediterranean (4) _________. It blooms in (5) _________ and its (6) _________ grows fully 7-8 (7) _________ later, in the (8) _________ . Almond fruit are 3,5-6 cm long. There are (9) _________ almond trees and bitter almond trees. People eat sweet almonds and use (10) _________ almonds in perfumes and desserts.
Answers 1. white 2. pink 3. grows 4. climates 5. February 6. fruit 7. months 8. autumn 9. sweet 10. bitter
March
The orange tree The orange tree is a small (1)_________ tree with (2)_________ flowers. It grows between 9-10 metres (3)_________. Its green oval (4)__________ are 4-10cm (5)________. Oranges can be sweet or sour. Different varieties differ in (6)_________ and their shape can be (7)________ or oblong. However, all oranges have ten segments inside and contain up to six seeds. The orange tree grows best in (8)___________ and subtropical climates. In 1987 it was the (9)_______ cultivated fruit tree in the world. In some places, such as Lakonia, Greece, different (10)_________ of orange trees produce fruit all year round.
Answers 1. evergreen 2. white 3. tall 4. leaves 5. long 6. size 7. round 8. tropical 9. most 10. varieties
April
The strawberry The strawberry plant is a small plant with white flowers. It (1)_________ up to 20 cm tall. Its (2)_________ red fruit is 1-5 cm long. Strawberries can adapt to (3)_________ (4)__________ so they can grow everywhere in the (5)_________. The strawberry plant can be planted either in (6)_________ or in (7)________ – its fruit will grow the following spring. In 1750, there was the first strawberry (8)___________ in France. It was a species that came from America. Before that, there were only (9)________ strawberries. We eat strawberries either (10)_________ or in jams, fruit juices, ice cream, milkshakes or chocolates.
Answers 1. grows 2. bright 3. different 4. climates 5. world 6. spring 7. September 8. garden 9. wild 10. fresh
May
The poppy Poppies are small (1)_________ with flowers. There are many (2)________ kinds of poppies which live for one, two or (3)_________ years. They can grow up to 1 meter tall and they have 4 to 6 (4)_________. There are poppy flowers of every colour but in Greece there are only (5)_________ poppies, which are red and black and grow only on the coastal areas of the Western Mediterranean. Along with (6)________ , wild poppies are in full bloom from late (7)___________ to (8)________ summer. After World War I, when many people died in battles which took place on the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium, the red poppy is a symbol of (9)________ of the soldiers who died during the (10)_________.
Answers 1. plants 2. different 3. more 4. petals 5. wild 6. daisies 7. spring 8. early 9. remembrance 10. war