{"id":1650,"date":"2012-09-21T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:26:50","slug":"conifers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/conifers\/","title":{"rendered":"Conifers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are conifers?\u00a0 Well to answer that questions I had a great video for you to watch and to go along with that video some vocabulary about conifers and trees in general.\u00a0 Before watching the video below let me define a few words for you:<\/p>\n<p><strong>bark<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; the tough protective outer part of a tree&#8217;s trunk, branches, and twigs<br \/>\n<strong>branches<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; the part of a tree that grows out from the trunk<br \/>\n<strong>cone <\/strong><em>or<\/em><strong> pine cone<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; the rounded woody fruit of a pine tree with scales that open to release the seeds<br \/>\n<strong>conifer<\/strong> (nouns) &#8211; a tree that produces cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves<br \/>\n<strong>evergreen<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; sometimes conifers are called evergreens because their needles stay green when other trees&#8217; leaves change colors and fall off<br \/>\n<strong>needle <\/strong><em>or<\/em><strong> pine needle<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; the needle-shaped leaf of a conifer tree<br \/>\n<strong>roots<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; the part of a plant that attaches the tree to the ground for support and collects water and nourishment for the rest of the plant<br \/>\n<strong>shrub<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; a woody plant that is smaller than a tree<br \/>\n<strong>trunk<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; the main woody center body of a tree<br \/>\n<strong>twig<\/strong> (noun) &#8211; a thin woody shoot growing out from the branch of a tree<\/p>\n<p>Now you are ready to go.\u00a0 Enjoy this cute kids song about conifers.\u00a0 This is an easy to understand song that is sung slowly with a number of repeated lines, but I have pasted the lyrics to the song below so you can follow along to better understand any words you don&#8217;t already know.\u00a0 The following words are the names of different types of conifer tree: <em>larch, junipers, fir, spruce, cedars, pines, hemlocks, cyprus, yew, dwarf conifer, <\/em>and <em>sequoia redwood,<\/em> in this song.\u00a0 These are words you probably don&#8217;t already know &#8211; just keep in mind they are specific names of trees.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"C is for Conifers - They Might Be Giants\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FijQbZeTGNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>C is for Conifer<\/em> song lyrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most with cones for seeds<br \/>\nMost with needles for leaves<br \/>\nC is for conifers<br \/>\nMy kind of trees<\/p>\n<p>Larch, junipers and fir<br \/>\nSpruce, cedars, and pines<br \/>\nC is for conifers<br \/>\nMore than five hundred kinds<\/p>\n<p>If you see a Christmas tree<br \/>\nOr a stack of newspapers<br \/>\nOr a two-by-four frame of a house<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s probably made from pine trees<br \/>\nAnd pine trees are conifers<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what this song is about<\/p>\n<p>Or if you see a plant<br \/>\nIn the shape of an elephant<br \/>\nOr in the shape of a dog<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s probably a shrub<br \/>\nA conifer shrub<br \/>\nPruned into that shape by someone<\/p>\n<p>Most with cones for seeds<br \/>\nMost with needles for leaves<br \/>\nC is for conifers<br \/>\nMy kind of trees<\/p>\n<p>Larch, junipers and fir<br \/>\nSpruce, cedars, and pines<br \/>\nC is for conifers<br \/>\nMore than five hundred kinds<\/p>\n<p>There are so many different kinds of conifer trees. This is just a few of them:<br \/>\nSpruce<br \/>\nHemlocks<br \/>\nLarch<br \/>\nCyprus<br \/>\nJuniper<br \/>\nFir<br \/>\nDouglas fir<br \/>\nCedar<br \/>\nYew<br \/>\nPine<br \/>\nThe dwarf conifer<br \/>\nAnd the great California sequoia redwood<\/p>\n<p>Most with cones for seeds<br \/>\nMost with needles for leaves<br \/>\nC is for conifers<br \/>\nMy kind of trees<\/p>\n<p>Larch, junipers and fir<br \/>\nSpruce, cedars and pines<br \/>\nC is for conifers<br \/>\nMore than five hundred kinds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/07\/tree_parts_poster-270x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/07\/tree_parts_poster-270x350.jpg 270w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/07\/tree_parts_poster.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><p>What are conifers?\u00a0 Well to answer that questions I had a great video for you to watch and to go along with that video some vocabulary about conifers and trees in general.\u00a0 Before watching the video below let me define a few words for you: bark (noun) &#8211; the tough protective outer part of a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/conifers\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":1654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[135370],"tags":[218872,218869,218870,11810],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-vocabulary","tag-c-is-fo-conifers","tag-conifers","tag-evergreens","tag-trees"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4186,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions\/4186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}