15 Plant Species Trivia Questions and Answers

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15 Plant Species Trivia Questions

1. Q: What is the process called by which plants make their food using sunlight?
2. Q: What type of plant is known to live for thousands of years in extremely arid climates?
3. Q: Which plant is known for its ability to quickly close its leaves when touched?
4. Q: What plant is responsible for producing the most oxygen in the world?
5. Q: What tree species is known as the longest living organism on Earth?
6. Q: What fruit is known as the “king of fruits” and is notorious for its strong odor?
7. Q: Which flower is traditionally used to make a lei in Hawaii?
8. Q: What is the largest flower in the world, known for its smell of rotting flesh?
9. Q: What plant is known as the “tree of life” due to its many uses, from food to building materials?
10. Q: What kind of plants grow without soil and are often found in tropical rainforests?
11. Q: Which plant has leaves that are commonly used in the production of tea?
12. Q: What carnivorous plant is known for trapping insects in a pitcher-like structure filled with digestive fluid?
13. Q: What is the common name for the Rhododendron ferrugineum, known for its toxic honey?
14. Q: What bamboo species is known to grow the fastest, sometimes several inches in a day?
15. Q: What plant is sometimes called “nature’s aspirin” for its pain-relieving properties?
    

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15 Plant Species Trivia Questions and Answers

1. Q: What is the process called by which plants make their food using sunlight?
   A: Photosynthesis.
2. Q: What type of plant is known to live for thousands of years in extremely arid climates?
   A: Bristlecone Pine. You can see these in the Inyo Forest in CA. I’ve seen these gnarly trees up close.
3. Q: Which plant is known for its ability to quickly close its leaves when touched?
   A: The Venus Flytrap.
4. Q: What plant is responsible for producing the most oxygen in the world?
   A: Phytoplankton.
5. Q: What tree species is known as the longest living organism on Earth?
   A: The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva).
6. Q: What fruit is known as the “king of fruits” and is notorious for its strong odor?
   A: Durian.
7. Q: Which flower is traditionally used to make a lei in Hawaii?
   A: The Plumeria.
8. Q: What is the largest flower in the world, known for its smell of rotting flesh?
   A: The Rafflesia arnoldii.
9. Q: What plant is known as the “tree of life” due to its many uses, from food to building materials?
   A: The Coconut Tree.
10. Q: What kind of plants grow without soil and are often found in tropical rainforests?
    A: Epiphytes.
11. Q: Which plant has leaves that are commonly used in the production of tea?
    A: Camellia sinensis (Tea plant).
12. Q: What carnivorous plant is known for trapping insects in a pitcher-like structure filled with digestive fluid?
    A: The Pitcher Plant.
13. Q: What is the common name for the Rhododendron ferrugineum, known for its toxic honey?
    A: The Alpenrose.
14. Q: What bamboo species is known to grow the fastest, sometimes several inches in a day?
    A: Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis).
15. Q: What plant is sometimes called “nature’s aspirin” for its pain-relieving properties?
    A: The White Willow (Salix alba), from which salicylic acid, a precursor of aspirin, is derived.

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