Botany Basics
Root Words
Common Characteristics
Family Reunion
Gymno-facts
100
This is the definition of botany.
Botany is the science of plants.
100
This Greek word means "plant."
Phyte
100
These are the only plants that lacked roots.
First plants
100
What family does this gymnosperm belong to?
Maidenhair
100
This is the largest gymnosperm family
Pine!
200
He was the father of modern botany.
Theophratus
200
This is the Greek word meaning "moss."
Bryo
200
Tracheophytes were the first plants to have true ________.
Leaves
200
What family does this gymnosperm belong to?
Monkey puzzle
200
This type of tree is the only living member of the maidenhair family.
Ginkgo tree
300
This man discovered cells.
Robert Hooke
300
Trachea is the Greek word meaning what?
Wind pipe
300
These are the plants to first have primitive roots.
Bryophytes
300
Which family does this gymnosperm belong to?
Podocarp.
300
This family of gymnosperms produce fleshy berries instead of cones for seeds.
Podocarp
400
He is the father of modern taxonomy.
Carl Linnaeus
400
Sperma is the Greek word meaning what?
Seed
400
Gymnosperms where the first plants to reproduce using these.
Seeds
400
Which gymnosperm family is this?
Pine.
400
This gymnosperm family does not bare cones but single seeds surrounded by a fleshy coating.
Yew
500
This is the classification chart from most inclusive to least inclusive.
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
500
This Greek word means "naked"
Gymno
500
Tracheophytes have a _____ ______ which bryophytes lack.
Vascular system
500
Which gymnosperm family is this?
Cypress
Daily double!
What type of cypress is this?
500
This gymnosperm family is often mistaken for ferns.
Cycad
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What is an example member of this family?