Here are the answers to Grangetto's Garden Trivia questions.
| Plant Vocabulary | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Some plants, such as mums, asters and poinsettias, bloom in response to the relative length of day to night. This bloom response is called_________. | c. photoperiodism |
| 2. Most flowers are enclosed in a leaf-like structure before they open. This protective cover remains at the base of the flower after is opens and is called the __________. | c. Sepal |
| 3. Petals normally form the colorful part of a flower. All the petals together are called the _________. | d. Corolla |
| 4. Some plants have male flowers on one plant and female flowers on another; certain grapes, hollies and papayas are examples. These are said to be ____________. | a. Dioecious |
| 5. When both male and female flowers are on the same plant, that plant is referred to as _________. | c. Monoecious |
| 6. The distinctive flower form exhibited by the calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit and voo-doo lily is called a _________. | b. Spath & Spadix |
| 7. Leaves contain a green coloring that makes almost all life on this plant possible. Chlorophyll is contained in minute structures within the individual cells called _______. | b. Chloroplasts |
| 8. Some plants retain their leaves all year long, while others shed their leaves during seasonal dormancy. The plants that take a nap are called __________ | a. Deciduous |
| 9.The structure on the underside of a leaf that open and close to control the flow of air and moisture are called __________. | c. Stoma |
| 10. The very first leaves of a germinating seed are the ________ . | d. Cotyledon |
| 11. The yellowing of leaves due to a nutritional (usually iron) deficiency is referred to as _____________ . | a. Chlorosis |
| 12. Air enters a leaf and circulates among its cells. Surplus oxygen is released in a process called ________. | d. Respiration |