Did You Know?
Some trees can live for hundreds of years!
How Trunks Grow
Trunks grow wider and taller each year.
What Lives in Trunks
Birds, bugs, and squirrels live in trunks.
What trunk Does
It holds the tree up tall.
It brings water to the leaves.
It stores food for the tree.
It can be home for some animals.
It helps the tree stay strong.
It can grow big and wide over time.
More About trunk
The trunk is the main part of a tree. It is thick and strong. Trees need their trunks to stand up. Without a trunk, a tree would fall down.
Trunks help trees get water from the ground. They take water up to the leaves. The leaves use the water to make food for the tree.
Some trunks can be very old. They can tell us a lot about the tree's life. The bigger the trunk, the older the tree might be!







