Question
I'm a second grader and have a homework question......can you give me one or two differences between a pine tree and an oak tree?

Answer
Pines are conifers--Oak trees are a type of deciduous tree.

Pines have needles that hold their leaves in the winter--oaks are broad-leaved trees that shed all their leaves during one season.

Pines have fruit called cones with seed in them--oaks have fruit called acorns a single seed.

The oak tree is a member of the Beech family and its scientific name is Quercus. Pines are from the family Pinus.

Pines generally grow in dryer soils then oaks which grow generally along streams.