plants
What are roots?
This underground part of the plant anchors it and absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
What is sugar (or food)?
Plants use sunlight, water, air, and nutrients to make this type of energy or food for themselves.
What are insects (and birds)?
These flying or crawling creatures, such as bees and butterflies, help pollinate flowers.
What is garlic?
This relative of the onion helps fight infection and is famously said to ward off Dracula.
What is a dandelion?
People blow on the seed head of this common yellow lawn weed to make a wish.
What is the stem?
This structural part acts like an elevator, transporting water up from the roots and food down from the leaves.
What is chlorophyll?
This green pigment inside plant leaves absorbs energy from the sun.
What is an iris?
Sharing its name with a part of your eye, this flower gets its name from the Greek word for rainbow.
What is a carrot?
Also called Queen Anne’s Lace in its wild form, this crunchy orange root vegetable is a garden favorite.
What is holly?
Paired with the word "jolly" in the U.S., this prickly green plant with red berries is called "Christmas" in parts of England.
What are leaves?
These green factories capture sunlight to carry out photosynthesis.
What is photosynthesis?
This scientific process is used by plants to turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen.
What is a chrysanthemum?
This autumn-blooming flower gets its name from the Greek words for "gold" and "flower".
What are Brussels sprouts?
Named for their origin in Belgium, these miniature cabbage-like veggies offer great anti-inflammatory benefits when roasted.
What are juniper berries?
Historically used as medicine by the ancient Greeks and Romans, these dark berries are now best known for flavoring gin.
What is the flower?
The primary function of this colorful, showy part of a flowering plant is to make seeds.
What is adapting?
When a desert cactus grows sharp spines instead of soft leaves to protect itself, it is doing this to its environment.
What is a poppy?
This red flower represents remembrance and is worn in many countries to honor fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day.
What is broccoli?
President George H.W. Bush famously disliked this fast-growing green vegetable packed with vitamins A, C, and K.
What is the Pantheon?
Rose petals are traditionally dropped through the oculus of this famous Roman building during Pentecost.
What is the xylem?
This specialized vascular tissue is responsible for carrying water upward from the roots to the rest of the plant.
What are nonvascular plants (or mosses/liverworts)?
This group of plants lacks specialized water-transporting tubes and stays very short and close to damp ground.
Where is Holland, Michigan?
This famous city in Michigan hosts an annual festival honoring tulips
What is the stem?
Celery, asparagus, and rhubarb are common examples of plants where we eat this specific structural part.
What are Madonna lilies?
Popular in wedding bouquets, white lilies are also called by this alternative name referencing the Virgin Mary.