Common Names
Characteristics
Leaves/Fruits
Examples (at least 2)
2 part questions
100

What is the Aceraceae family?

What is the Maple family?


100

What type of leaves does the maple family typically have?

What are palmate leaves?
100

What margin are the leaves in the Aceraceae family?

What is serrated?

100

What are some examples of the Aceraceae family?

Maple trees

100

In the Aceraceae family, what are the flowers?

Flowers are commonly unisexual; male and female flowers are either separated on the same tree or separated on different trees

200

What is the Apiaciae family?

What is the Parsley family?


200

How many carpels does the Parsley family have?

What is 2 carpels?

200

What leaves are in the Parsley family? 

What are pinnated leaves?

200

What are some examples of the Apiaceae family?

Poison Hemlock, Water Hemlock, Queen Anne's Lace, fennel, dill, cow parsnip

200

In the Apiaceae family, in what way is the flower arranged/defense mechanism?

compound umbels and aeromatic oils

300

What is the Asteraceae family?

What is the Sunflower family?

300

What are the "petals" (individually) in the Sunflower family?

What are individual flowers?

300

What are bracts?

What are modified leaves, or sepals?

300

What are some examples of the Asteraceae family?

dandelions, sunflowers, daisies, asters, thistles, artichokes

300

What is the difference between ray flowers and disk flowers? (Asteraceae)

Disk flowers are complete flowers (ovaries, sepals, stamens, stigmas, petals) and ray flowers don't have any reproductive parts

400

What is the Brassicacaeae family?

What is the Mustard family?

400

What are the characteristics of a flower in the Mustard family?

What are 4 petals, 4 sepals, 4 tall stamens, 2 short stamens?

400

Where do the seedpods occur in the Mustard family?

What is around the stalk?

400

What are some examples of the Brassicaceae family?

wild mustard, wild radish, shepard's purse, waterdress, brocolli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower
400

In the Brassicaceae family, in what shapes can the pods occur?

Many shapes

500

What is the Fabaceae family?

What is the Pea family?
500

What are the different types of petals in the Pea family?

What are the banner, keel, and wings?

500

What does the ovary mature into in the Fabaceae family?

What is a pod?

500

What are some examples of the Fabaceae family?

lotus, peas, beans, peanuts, clovers, vetchs, alfofa
500

What kinds of leaves are in the Fabaceae family?

entire and pinnate
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