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M5: Plant Identification Scavenger Hunt

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This tree is a eudicot angiosperm. The fruits are winged, elongated, and
narrow. One common name of this species is black afara. What is the
scientific name of this species?
This monocot angiosperm can be found in the herb garden. It has thick,
fleshy leaves that store a lot of water. This plant is often used to heal
sunburn and other skin problems. What is the scientific name of this
species?
This tree is a eudicot angiosperm. Its common name is the rose apple. What
is the scientific name of this species?
This specimen shows two seed leaves, which means is a dicot. What are the
seed leaves called?
This model shows a typical monocot stem. Number 2 on the model shows a
type of vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals
throughout the plant. What is this vascular tissue called?
This photo shows a fern. What is the name of this species?
In this photo of a moss, G shows what phase of the plant's life?
In this photo of a moss, H shows what phase of the plant's life?
Number 3 in model A is the skin of the plant. What type of plant tissue is
this?
This monocot angiosperm can be found in the herb garden.
Its common names include garlic chives and Chinese leek. It looks like
grass.
On model C, number 2 shows the area where the plant cells divide and the
root growths in length. What is this area called?
This tree has white or slightly pink flowers that bloom at night or in the early
morning and are trumpet shaped. The seeds are inside pods and are brown
with small white wings. Each pod contains 20-50 seeds. What is the
scientific name of this species?
In model A, number 1 shows the vascular tissue that transports nutrients in
the plant. What is this tissue called?
This a species of green algae that forms circular colonies.
This woody angiosperm can be found in the herb garden. It is a eudicot with
needle like leaves and usually produces white or purple flowers. The
common name is rosemary. What is the species name?
On model C, number 5 shows the area made of dermal tissue that
increases the surface area for the plant to absorb water and minerals. What
is this structure called?
In specimen B, the waxy coating on the leaves that helps prevent water loss
is called what?
This angiosperm is known for its large, tubular shaped yellow flowers. This
gives the tree its common name of the Golden Trumpet Tree. What is the
scientific name?
In Cheilanthes lanosa, what is the name of its sporophyte before it opens all
the way to a frond?
In Agatha ianceolata, this structure is not a fruit. It contains the ovaries
where the egg develops. This is also where the seed embryo grows after
pollination.

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This tree is native to southern Mexico and Central America. The flowers are
fragrant and are born solitary or in small clusters. This tree produces orangeyellow fruit that is edible raw. What is the scientific name?
This green algae forms colonies in a long filament. The green chloroplasts
can be seen in long spirals around the outside of the cells.
The photo of this species shows both the gametophyte and sporophyte. It is
very small and does not have true vascular tissue. What is the species
name?
This is a fast growing deciduous tree that can reach a height of 10-12
meters. The common name is the Drumstick Tree. What is the scientific
name?
This woody angiosperm can be found in the herb garden. It produces white
flowers, and the orange or yellow fruit is often used to make marmalades or
jellies. The common name is Kumquat. What is the species name?
Model B shows the cross-section of a stem. The vascular tissue is arranged
in a ring. These angiosperms also usually have a taproot and flower petals in
multiples of 4 or 5. What is this category of angiosperms called?
In Cheilanthes lanosa, the sporophyte of the plant opens up into leaves
called what?
Specimen E is a leaf from a woody, eudicot angiosperm that grows at
school. What is the scientific name of this species?
This gymnosperm has long, need-like leaves and seeds that develop inside
the gametophyte. What is the name of this species?
In models A and B, number 4 shows this tissue where products of
photosynthesis are produced and stored. What is the name of this tissue?
This angiosperm has clusters of 4-10 flowers that are greenish white in
color. The bright yellow-orange fruit is almost round and contains 5 seeds
that are surrounded by a yellow pulp that is edible. What is the scientific
name of this species?
Number 1 on model C shows the area that protects the growing root. What is
this area called?
This angiosperm is a woody shrub that grows between 5 and 8 meters tall.
The leaves are glossy, narrow, and oblong. It belongs to the Lythraceae
plant family. What is the scientific name of this species?
In specimen D, what is this structure?
This tree is an angiosperm that produces a fruit with green skin and a soft
pink to reddish colored flesh. The fruit may be round, ovoid, or pear-shaped.
This tree is in the Myrtaceae plant family. What is the scientific name of this
species?
Specimen F is a leaf from a woody, eudicot, angiosperm. It is the school tree
and is also known as the Flame of the Forest. What is the species name?
What are these haploid structures on Cheilanthes lanosa?
In Agathis ianceolata, number 38 produces the pollen that will fertilize the
egg. The egg is produced in the female cone. What is the name of this
structure that produces pollen?
In specimen D, this structure protects and provides nutrients for a plant
embryo. What is this structure called?
Also known as a Teak tree, the leaves of this angiosperm are ovate-elliptic to
ovate, and the flowers are fragrant and white. What is the scientific name of
this species?