The document outlines an environmental program at the 4th Primary School of Aspropyrgos focusing on trees and plants, including details about various species like olive, spruce, pomegranate, almond, orange, strawberry, and poppy. Each section provides information about the tree's characteristics, growing conditions, and cultural significance. The program emphasizes action towards planting, composting, and environmental protection.

1. Trees & Plants
Περιβαλλοντικό Πρόγραμμα 4ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου Ασπροπύργου
"Αναλαμβάνουμε δράση – Φυτεύουμε – Κομποστοποιούμε –
Προστατεύουμε το περιβάλλον"
Σχολικό Έτος 2014-2015

2. November

4. The olive tree
The olive is an evergreen tree with dark (1) _________ and (2) _________
leaves. Its flowers are white and bloom at the end of (3) _________. People
(4) _________ olives at the end of autumn, in November and December, and
make olive oil. Olive trees grow in warm (5) ______________ around the
Mediterranean (6) ____________. (7) ___________, Italy and Greece are
the biggest producers of olive (8) ___________ in the world. In mythology,
goddess Athena planted the first olive tree on the Acropolis. In Ancient 8
Greece, a wreath made of olive branches was the prize for the (9) ________
of the Olympic (10) _________.

5. Answers
1. green
2. silver
3. May
4. collect
5. countries
6. sea
7. Spain
8. oil
9. winners
10. Games

6. December

8. The spruce tree
The spruce is an (1) _________ coniferus tree. Spruces are (2) _________
trees (20-60 metres high) with (3) _________ green needles and their shape is
like a (4) _________. They (5) _________ in May and June. In (6) ________,
spruces grow on (7) _________ at a height of 800-1,800 metres. A spruce tree
can (8) _________ for about 300-500 (9) _________. People decorate spruce
trees at (10) _________.

9. Answers
1. evergreen
2. large
3. dark
4. pyramid
5. bloom
6. Greece
7. mountains
8. live
9. years
10. Christmas

10. January

12. The pomegranate
The pomegranate tree is a (1) _________ (2) _________ with bright red
(3)_________. It grows between 5-8 metres (4)_________. Pomegranates
are (5)_________ coloured fruit that look like (6)_________. They grow
from (7)_________ to (8) _________ every year. Inside a pomegranate,
there are (9) _________ of red seeds covered with a film. Pomegranates
and pomegranate (10)_________ are very good for our (11) _________.
In Greece, people smash a pomegranate on their front door on New
Year’s Day in order to have health, happiness and (12) _________.

13. Answers
1. small
2. tree
3. flowers
4. tall
5. red
6. apples
7. September
8. February
9. hundreds
10. juice
11. health
12. money

14. February

16. The almond tree
The almond tree is a small tree with (1) _________ or (2) __________
flowers. It is a deciduous tree that (3) _________ between 4-10 metres tall
with a trunk of up to 30cm in diameter. It grows best in Mediterranean
(4) _________. It blooms in (5) _________ and its (6) _________ grows
fully 7-8 (7) _________ later, in the (8) _________ . Almond fruit are
3,5-6 cm long. There are (9) _________ almond trees and bitter almond
trees. People eat sweet almonds and use (10) _________ almonds in
perfumes and desserts.

17. Answers
1. white
2. pink
3. grows
4. climates
5. February
6. fruit
7. months
8. autumn
9. sweet
10. bitter

18. March

20. The orange tree
The orange tree is a small (1)_________ tree with (2)_________ flowers. It
grows between 9-10 metres (3)_________. Its green oval (4)__________ are
4-10cm (5)________. Oranges can be sweet or sour. Different varieties differ
in (6)_________ and their shape can be (7)________ or oblong. However, all
oranges have ten segments inside and contain up to six seeds. The orange tree
grows best in (8)___________ and subtropical climates. In 1987 it was the
(9)_______ cultivated fruit tree in the world. In some places, such as Lakonia,
Greece, different (10)_________ of orange trees produce fruit all year round.

21. Answers
1. evergreen
2. white
3. tall
4. leaves
5. long
6. size
7. round
8. tropical
9. most
10. varieties

22. April

24. The strawberry
The strawberry plant is a small plant with white flowers. It (1)_________
up to 20 cm tall. Its (2)_________ red fruit is 1-5 cm long. Strawberries can
adapt to (3)_________ (4)__________ so they can grow everywhere in the
(5)_________. The strawberry plant can be planted either in (6)_________
or in (7)________ – its fruit will grow the following spring. In 1750, there
was the first strawberry (8)___________ in France. It was a species that
came from America. Before that, there were only (9)________ strawberries.
We eat strawberries either (10)_________ or in jams, fruit juices, ice cream,
milkshakes or chocolates.

25. Answers
1. grows
2. bright
3. different
4. climates
5. world
6. spring
7. September
8. garden
9. wild
10. fresh

26. May

28. The poppy
Poppies are small (1)_________ with flowers. There are many (2)________
kinds of poppies which live for one, two or (3)_________ years. They can
grow up to 1 meter tall and they have 4 to 6 (4)_________. There are poppy
flowers of every colour but in Greece there are only (5)_________ poppies,
which are red and black and grow only on the coastal areas of the Western
Mediterranean. Along with (6)________ , wild poppies are in full bloom
from late (7)___________ to (8)________ summer. After World War I,
when many people died in battles which took place on the poppy fields of
Flanders, Belgium, the red poppy is a symbol of (9)________ of the soldiers
who died during the (10)_________.

29. Answers
1. plants
2. different
3. more
4. petals
5. wild
6. daisies
7. spring
8. early
9. remembrance
10. war