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Which Is Colder? Red Oak or White Oak?

Which Is Colder? Red Oak or White Oak?. By: Sam Meyer, and Samantha Fletcher. Hypothesis:.

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Which Is Colder? Red Oak or White Oak?

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  1. Which Is Colder? Red Oak or White Oak? By: Sam Meyer, and Samantha Fletcher

  2. Hypothesis: We believed that the Red Oak would be colder because of the fact that the Red Oak generally grows much faster than the White Oak. We took that information, to form the hypothesis that the Red Oak would hold in the cold, and in turn be colder than the White Oak.

  3. Materials • IRT • GPS • Notebooks

  4. Procedure • Started testing Jan. 25, 2010 • To gather our data, we used an IRT and our notebooks • Times varied from 11:18-11:30 • Due to an error, for the first three days, we only did one temperature reading • The other six days we took three temperatures, one at the top, middle, and bottom

  5. Red Oak • Red Oak is said to be the fastest growing Oak tree out of all the Oaks(depending on the type of environment). • If the Oak is in a nice Environment (moist, rich soil) then it is most likely the fastest growing Oak

  6. Red Oak Leaves Red Oak in the Fall RedOakacorns Red Oak in the Spring

  7. Red Oak is found in many different places. most common in Canada, North United States, Reaches West to central Minnesota, eastern Nebraska and Kansas. Red Oak

  8. White Oak • Grows throughout Eastern Europe • Acorns important food source for many animals • Grows in wide range of soils • Flowers in spring • First, yellow flowers then reddish pistillate flowers • Acorns mature about 120 days after pollination

  9. White Oaks • Insects attack White Oak trees • Some include the Gypsy Moth, Orange Striped Oakworm, and the Oakleaf Caterpillar • The White Oak is also killed by many types of fungus

  10. Discussion •red oak colder eight out of nine times • colder overall when compared to the white oak • hypothesis was that the red oak was going to be colder • grows faster meaning it would be thicker and retain the cold • studied each tree (one of each kind) • compared them by using an IRT (Infrared Thermometer) • recorded three different areas of each tree • base, middle, and top • averaged them to show the information

  11. Bibliography • http://ostermiller.org/tree/readoaks.html • Http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/quercus/alba.htm

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