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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

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