Plant Science
True/ False
Random
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Fun Plant Facts
100
What molecule do plants release into the air?
What is Oxygen?
100
Are fungi plants?
No, fungi belong to their own kingdom!
100
What popular character's ears are frequently used to describe this plant?
Shrek
100
Whenever you eat a Carrot or Sweet Potato, what part of a plant are you eating?
What are roots?
100
What is one type of plant that is a carnivore? (It gets its nutrients from animals/insects)
What is the Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant, etc?
200
What pigment in plants typically captures sunlight?
What is chlorophyll?
200
Can Plants communicate with one another?
Yes! They do this via chemical secretions through their roots and chemical signals released through their leaves
200
RANDOM TRIPLE (GAIN 3x POINTS)
What is the national flower of the USA, and what is the state flower of Maryland?
What are Rose and Black-Eyed Susan?
200
What fruit has their seeds on the outside instead of the inside?
What are strawberries?
200
What is mistletoe?
A) tree B) vine C) parasite D) fungus
What is a parasite. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant which can range from being a pest to being a keystone species.
300
What is the plant hormone primarily used to stimulate growth of root cuttings?
A: Auxin
B: Gibberellin
C: Cytokinin
What is A: Auxin?
300
Was the University of Maryland originally an Agricultural College?
True, UMD was originally chartered as MAC (Maryland Agricultural College)
300
This plant is tall and grows rapidly - some grow almost a whole meter in just one day.
What is Bamboo?
300
What plant is said to taste most like bacon?
A) A type of bean
B) A type of seaweed
C) A type of dried tomato
B) Dulse, a red seaweed, is said to taste like bacon
300
Carrots were not always orange. What was one of the original colors of the carrot?
What is Purple or Yellow?
400
What is callus tissue on a plant?
Tissue that forms over wounds or from tissue culture, or a mass of undifferentiated tissue
400
20-30 percent of plant species are categorized as very rare/ endangered
False, nearly 40% of plant species are categorized as very rare/ endangered
400
What is our Treasurer/ Greenhouse Managers favorite flower?
What is Magnolia?
(I might be wrong about this spare me)
400
What is an avocado?
What is a fruit/ berry
400
What has cabbage been genetically modified to produce?
A. Skunk Scent B. Scorpion Venom
C. Bioluminescence
B) Scorpion Venom
This was created to stop caterpillars, and modified to be safe for humans
500
What are the three outputs of respiration?
What is Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Energy (ATP)?
500
Do Bananas grow on Trees?
No, bananas grow on an herbaceous flowering plant, with a pseudo stem comprised of leaf-stalks.
500
What is the oldest plant on planet earth?
A) A species of pine tree
B) A network of fungus
C) A undersea algea
What is A), a species of pine tree
The suspected oldest is a prehistoric Bristlecone Pine tree known as Methuselah, although an argument could be made that Pando, a single living aspen that clones itself may be.
500
Apples, pears, plums, cherries, peaches, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and almonds all belong to one taxonomic family of plant. What is the family?
What is Rosaceae, or the Rose family?
500
What fruit name originated from the Arabic term for "fingers"?
What is a Banana?