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Quiz: Plants
1. Which is considered to be the world’s tallest grass?
2. Which is the most cultivated plant, grown on every continent except Antarctica?
3. Which are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world?
4. Oranges, lemons, watermelons are berries, but what are tomatoes?
5. Through which tissue of the plant is food and other organic substances translocated?
6. What is the name given to plants living perched on other plants but not obtaining water and food from them?
7. Fungi are termed parasites when they assimilate tissues of living plants or animals. What are they termed when they live on decaying plant or animal matter?
8. Mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls and bracket fungi belong to which group of plants?
9. Which fungus is economically important and commonly used in the brewing and baking industries?
10. In ancient Greece, wreaths of laurel leaves and branches were placed upon the heads of heroes. Which tree did they come from?
ANSWER:
1. Bamboo
2. Wheat
3. Almonds
4. They are berries too!
5. Phloem
6. Epiphytes. They are also known as air plants because they are not attached to the ground. They obtain water and mineral from the rain and from the debris that falls on the support.
7. Saprobes
8. Basidiomycetes
9. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or commonly known as the baking yeast
10. The bay tree, also known as bay laurel
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