Here are the answers to Grangetto's Garden Trivia questions.
| Plant Vocabulary | Missing Words |
|---|---|
| 1. Botanically a banana is a _________. | berry |
| 2.A _________ is a plant that produces leaves without chlorophyll. | cladophyll |
| 3. ________ is a term pertaining to a plant’s suitability for various climate zones. | Geotropism |
| 4. An __________ is the bud point on a stem before the leaves uncurl. | intermode |
| 5. To the botanist a _________ is a tiny rodent that can sometimes cause damage. | mouse |
| 6. ________ is the death of cells in a living plant, the spots of discoloration on fungus-infested grass, for example. | Necrosis |
| 7. A ________ is an air root, as seen on many varieties of vining plants like the philodendron. | peduncle |
| 8. ________ is a term botanists use when they want to describe something as being poisonous to plants. | phytotoxic |
| 9. The __________ is the stem or stalk of a leaf that connects it to the twig. | petiole |