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Plant Classification quiz

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Which plants reproduce by spores, not seeds?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which nut grows inside the cones of a conifer?

    Answer: Pine nut

    Why: Pines are gymnosperms, so a pine nut is a bare seed, not a true nut like the hard-shelled hazelnut.

  2. 2 Medium

    What does 'gymnosperm' mean in Greek?

    Answer: Naked seed

    Why: Flowering plants are angiosperms, Greek for 'vessel seed', because their seeds are enclosed in a fruit.

  3. 3 Hard

    How do the scientific names of plant families end?

    Answer: -aceae

    Why: Animal family names end in -idae instead, as in Felidae, the cat family.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which 'nut' is a legume?

    Answer: Peanut

    Why: After pollination, the peanut flower grows a stalk called a peg that pushes into the soil, so its pods develop underground.

  5. 5 Medium

    What leafy vegetable is a close relative of quinoa?

    Answer: Spinach

    Why: Quinoa is a pseudocereal: eaten like a grain, but not a grass like wheat or rice.

  6. 6 Hard

    When did new plant species stop needing a Latin description?

    Answer: 2012

    Why: The change covered the description: a new plant's scientific name itself is still treated as Latin.

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