The Third Day (The Plant Kingdom)

Question 1

On which day of creation were the members of Kingdom Plantae created?

Answer 1

Day 3

Question 2

About what portion of living organisms are plants?

Answer 2

About 1 out of 5 (about 20%)

Question 3

What is the primary function of flowers?

Answer 3

to REPRODUCE the plant

Question 4

Which part of the plant/flower is female?

Answer 4

the Stigma

Question 5

Which part of the plant/flower is male?

Answer 5

the Stamen

Question 6

From what language does the word “botany” come?

Answer 6

Greek

Question 7

What does the word “botany” mean?

Answer 7

“plant”

Question 8

Why is the Stamen considered the male part of the plant?

Answer 8

because it carries the pollen

Question 9

Why is the Stigma considered the female part of the plant?

Answer 9

because it carries the eggs

Question 10

What is the primary function of fruit?

Answer 10

To protect the seeds of the plant

Question 11

What is a Petiole?

Answer 11

The stalk attaching a leaf to the limb

Question 12

What does Petiole mean?

Answer 12

little foot

Question 13

What is the name of the division “vascular” plants are in?

Answer 13

Tracheophyta

Question 14

What is the primary characteristic of vascular plants?

Answer 14

Tubes (or “trachea”) down the stem for transporting water and nutrients to all the cells of a plant.

Question 15

What are “angiosperm” plants?

Answer 15

Plants which have seeds hidden inside them.

Question 16

What makes plants appear green?

Answer 16

The Chlorophyll inside them.

Question 17

What is the chemical Chlorophyll responsible for?

Answer 17

Photosynthesis in plants

Question 18

The formula for photosynthesis is:

Answer 18

Carbon dioxide + water + sunshine = sugar and oxygen

Question 19

What is the primary function of leaves?

Answer 19

To manufacture sugar from their environment so the plant can eat.

Question 20

What is fruit, technically?

Answer 20

the ripening base around the seed of any plant

Question 21

What properties qualify a plant as a “grass”

Answer 21

(1) self-pollinating, (2) long narrow leaves, (3) jointed stems, (4) flowers that form in small spikes, and (5) generally grows densely in meadows or fields

Question 22

What are diatoms?

Answer 22

Microscopic algae.

When they die, their skeletons pile up by the billions and can be harvested as “diatomaceous earth”

Question 23

What are “Non-Vascular” plants?

Answer 23

Plants “without a trachea”

Question 24

What is penicillin?

Answer 24

An antibiotic made from a specific fungus mold

Question 25

What is unique about lichen?

Answer 25

It’s actually two plants - algae and fungus - living together.

Question 26

What is a PERENNIAL plant?

Answer 26

A plant that comes back year after year

Question 27

What is an ANNUAL plant?

Answer 27

A plant that lasts only one year