they are pointy and green...like a pine needle?
pine needles,apples and pinnaple
Conifers have leaves but not flowers. The leaves are called needles, they do not look like leaves from deciduous trees.
Softwood trees like pine which have spiky needles.
Deciduous trees are trees that lose their leaves. Trees that don't lose their leaves are "Evergreens". Evergreen trees have needles, instead of flat leaves, to survive winter hardship. Needles cut evaporation so trees can save water - dear in the winter. Not all trees that bear needles are evergreen, for example the larch drops it's needles in the Autumn.
Deciduous trees are trees that lose their leaves. Trees that don't lose their leaves are "Evergreens". Evergreen trees have needles, instead of flat leaves, to survive winter hardship. Needles cut evaporation so trees can save water - dear in the winter. Not all trees that bear needles are evergreen, for example the larch drops it's needles in the Autumn.
they looked like regular needles like the ones we use today
Yes - the 'needles' of pine trees are their actual leaves.
No, pine trees do not have leaves. They have pine needles that have a waxy coat on them. People refer to them as pine leaves sometimes, but that isn't what they are.
Needles (rather than leaves) and cones are characteristic of evergreen trees.
Pine trees are considered an evergreen. They shed needles like other trees lose their leaves, but never all of them and only after the second growing year. Hence the name evergreen.
Conifers.
Needles