Flowers
Plant Anatomy
Fall Fanatics
Random facts
Ecology
100
What is the botanical name for flowering plants?
What is Angiosperms
100
Name the 3 parts of a plant.
Stem, Leaf, and Root
100
What do squirrels collect for the winter?
Acorns
100
Botanically, is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
fruit, vegetables are fake
100
What is ecology the study of?
Biological interactions... or something similar
200
What is bundle of flowers called?
Bouquet or inflorescence (both accepted)
200
Names the parts of the stamen.
Anther and Filament
200
How heavy is the largest pumpkin ever grown?
2800 lb, 1270 kg +or- 200
200
When was the Student Botany Club Revived?
2026
200
What is it called when plants mutualist relationship with other species?
Symbiosis
300
When did the first flowering plant evolve?
125 million years ago
300
What is the water conducting tissue in plants?
Xylem
300
Why do leaves change color in the fall?
Stops producing chlorophyll.
300
What is the state tree?
Sugar maple
300
What is the name of the transition point that seperates north and southern WI (ecologically)?
The tension zone
400
What does monoecious mean? (hint is in the name)
When male and female reproductive systems are on the same plant.
400
What modified part of a plant is petal?
A leaf
400
What is a common conifer in WI that drops it's leaves in the fall?
Tamarack and Larch
400
What makes mendota turn green in the summer?
Algae bloom
400
What is the term for fire adapted cones?
Serotinous cones
500
What is the Titan Arum famous for smelling like?
Rotting Meat (we have one in the botany gardens)
500
What chemical strengthens the a tree's wood?
Lignin
500
What broadleaf tree might not drop all their leafs?
Oak/Quercus, also bonus for marcescence.
500
What plant hormone stimulates growth?
Auxin
500
What pollinates this?
What is a bat