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Walnut Wondering
by Cindy Breedlove

Take some cold weather. Add some water. Use a squirrel to get it all started. What will you get? A tender young tree from a very hard nut.

the soil. The true leaves o!en to the sunshine and a tree egins to grow.

Why is it im!ortant for !eo!le to know how a The squirrel started it y urying the nut. The walnut s!ends the cold season underground. "oisture egins to see! through a seam in the walnut#s shell. The seed leaf$ or cotyledon$ %kot# a leed# en& soaks u! the moisture. walnut grows? *eo!le value the walnut tree. )t !rovides nuts and lum er. The nuts are used for home aking and y the food industry. The lum er

is a !ri+ed hardwood$ used for furniture$ !aneling and many other items.

'!ring rains

ring more moisture for the walnut to

Tree farms grow the walnut tree to harvest the nuts$ or to sell the lum er. They uy seedlings from !lant

soak u!. The cotyledon starts to e(!and. This swelling of the seed leaf !o!s the nutshell o!en. The !rimary root$ or radicle %rad# i cal& then to grow down into the soil. egins

nurseries. The nurseries must have enough seedlings to sell to all the growers. The nurseries need to know the est way to !lant the nuts so that most of them will s!rout and grow. ,or them$ it is very

A shoot

earing true leaves is ne(t to grow. )t

im!ortant to know how a walnut grows.

!ushes u! through the soil and is called the !lumule %!loom# yool.& The !lumule reaks through

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Walnut Wondering
by Cindy Breedlove

1.

What is the author-s !ur!ose for writing this article? a. To entertain you with a story a out squirrels and walnuts b. To e(!lain where lum er comes from c. To teach us how walnut trees grow and why they-re im!ortant d. To !ersuade you to !lant a walnut tree

2.

Which sentence is written correctly? a. ,irst a walnut has a cotyledon$ then it grows a !lumule$ and finally it grows a radicle. b. ,irst a walnut has a radicle$ then it grows a cotyledon$ and finally it grows a !lumule. c. ,irst a walnut has a !lumule$ then it grows a radicle$ and finally it grows a cotyledon. d. ,irst a walnut has a cotyledon$ then it grows a radicle$ and finally it grows a !lumule.

3.

According to the article$ what do walnut trees !rovide for !eo!le? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

4.

.efine !lumule$ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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Walnut Wondering
by Cindy Breedlove

1.

What is the author-s !ur!ose for writing this article? b. To e(!lain where lum er comes from

a. To entertain you with a story a out squirrels and walnuts c. To teach us how walnut trees grow and why they're important d. To !ersuade you to !lant a walnut tree

2.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a. ,irst a walnut has a cotyledon$ then it grows a !lumule$ and finally it grows a radicle. b. ,irst a walnut has a radicle$ then it grows a cotyledon$ and finally it grows a !lumule. c. ,irst a walnut has a !lumule$ then it grows a radicle$ and finally it grows a cotyledon. d. irst a walnut has a cotyledon! then it grows a radicle! and "inally it grows a plumule.

3.

According to the article$ what do walnut trees !rovide for !eo!le? #alnut trees provide lumber and nuts.

4.

.efine !lumule$ $ plumule is a shoot that grows out o" the soil bearing true leaves.

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