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Pop Quiz: All About Botany

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1.

Let's start with something easy. Botany is the study of what?

Animals
Stars
Rocks
Plants

2.

The science of botany is divided into branches. Which of these branches deals with the naming and classifying of plants?

Plant Taxonomy
Plant Pathology
Plant Morphology
Plant Genetics

3.

Who is known as the 'father of botany?'

Linnaeus
Theophrastus
Mendel
Aristotle

4.

What are plants called if they grow one year, flower the next and die?

annual
biannual
biennial
perennial

5.

What does the word 'gymnosperm' mean?

lose leaves in the fall
naked seed
covered seed
none of these

6.

What does the word 'angiosperm' mean?

naked seed
lose leaves in the fall
covered seed
none of these

7.

How many seed leaves does a dicotyledon have?

One
Two
Three
Four

8.

The four basic parts of a plant are all of these except?

Sepals
Stems
Leaves
Roots