From Seed to Maple Tree: Criss Cross

After reading From Seed to Maple Tree by Laura Purdie Salas use this printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle. All clues relate to the content of the story.

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Check Puzzle

Across

  • 3. This blows the pollen into the air.
  • 4. Another word for germinate.
  • 6. A very young tree is called a _____.
  • 11. Sticky yellow powder from inside flowers.
  • 12. The hottest season of the year.

Down

  • 1. All trees grow from these.
  • 2. Sugar maples grow yellow _____ in spring.
  • 5. The coldest month of the year.
  • 6. A young tree with a thin trunk is called a _____.
  • 7. The trees _____ turn from green to yellow and red in he fall.
  • 8. The season in which leaves fall from trees.
  • 9. _____ help pollinate the flowers.
  • 10. The season after winter and before summer.

Word Bank

seeds
sprout
seedling
sapling
flowers
bees
pollen
wind
leaves
winter
spring
fall
summer