Now that you have learned all about plants, endangered species, biodiversity, flowers, seeds, invasive species and plant experiments, you are ready to graduate from the CBCN Botanist-in-Training Program.

Complete this quiz (no cheating!) and check your score. If you get 7 or more correct, you will see a certificate on your screen that you can print and put on the fridge or wherever you like.

 

1. What colour light do plants use in photosynthesis?

A green
B red
C blue
D yellow

2. Purple Loosestrife, Guelder Rose and Yellow Flag are...

A tall trees
B expensive perfumes
C invasive alien plants that aggressively colonize new areas and outcompete native species
D all from the Yukon Territory

3. How is pollen transferred between plants?

A picked up birds' beaks when they drink nectar
B carried by bees when they drink nectar
C moved by bats that feed on flower parts
D all of the above

4. What 3 things are inside a seed?

A first leaves, stem and fruit
B first leaves, stem and food
C stem, soil and water
D bark, buds and leaves

5. What is lichen?

A a shrub-like tree in Newfoundland
B a plant similar to a fern because it needs wet conditions to reproduce
C algae and fungi living together as one 'plant'
D an invasive alien plant that moved from outside Canada

6. What is biodiversity?

A total diversity of life on Earth
B an area of Earth near India
C all the plants people use to make money, eat, or build
D all the plants people don't use except for medicines

7. A reason plants are NOT threatened:

A loss of habitat to human activities like construction, mining or logging
B too much carbon dioxide makes it hard for plants to grow
C crowding by invasive plants
D pollution of soil, air and water by humans

8. How do plants change colour in the fall?

A special painter bugs that actively change the colour of the leaf
B the leaves start producing new pigments
C the leaves stop producing green chlorophyll
D the plant makes different colour leaves

9. Photosynthesis is:

A when a plant moves towards the light
B a plant's reaction to gravity (grows its roots downwards)
C using chlorophyll, water, light, and oxygen to make sugar, water and carbon dioxide
D using chlorophyll, water, light, and carbon dioxide to make sugar, water and oxygen

10. A way NOT to help protect plants is...

A pick rare plants to take home and draw
B restore habitat so plants have a place to grow
C remove invasive species to allow native vegetation the chance to grow
D learn about them and teach others

 


 

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