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1. In the local library's lawn grows a large deciduous tree about fifty fe

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et tall with leaves that have five to seven lobes and three or four bristle tips on each lobe that


turn brilliant red in the autumn. The tree also has acorns. This tree is a:

A. pin oak.


B. red maple.

C. river birch.

D. weeping fig.

2. In

a scientific name, cv. means:

A. cent


er vein.

B. color variegated.

C. century five.

D. cultivar.

3. W

hat type of trees does Matthe


w have if they are small deciduous trees that flower all summer and into early fall with a flo


wer color that may be white, pink, red, or purple?

A. Crepe myrtle

B. Evergreen euonymus


C. Prayer plant

D. Red maple

4. D

warf yaupon, helleri holly, and dwarf burford holly ar


e all in the genus called:

A. Ficus

B. Ile

x

C. Juniperus

D. Prunus.

5. In

the scientific


name Ficus elastica "Decora" which is a Decora Rubber Plant, the word "Decora" is th


e:

A. genus.

B. kingdom.

C. species.

D. variety.

6. Li

ndsey has some plants at her floris


t shop that she bought wholesale to sell at Christmas. Most of the bracts are dark red, bu


t she also has some pink and some white ones. The plants are:

A. boston ferns.

B. fo


steria hollies.

C. poinsettias.

D. spider plants.

7. Sa

m found a medium-sized deciduou


s tree that has four trunks or stems with thin sheets of light colored bark peeling off each trunk


. What is the common name of this tree?

A. Japanese barberry

B. Red maple

C. River bir


ch

D. Sweet gum

8. If

Jody wants to learn more about the words used in scientific classi


fication, he would study:

A. French.

B. Latin.

C. Russian.

D. Spanish.

9. An

indoor flowe


ring plant grown for hanging baskets and pots that has red, white, or pink flowers and gree


n leaves with long petioles, and is popular for Mother’s Day is a:

A. Boston fern.

B. Catawba rh


ododendron.

C. geranium.

D. Japanese flowering cherry.

10.

On each side of a school parki


ng lot, Glenn observed medium-size deciduous trees that have white flowers in spring and re


ddish purple leaves in autumn. They grow in a symmetrical shape with little or no pruning. Thes


e trees are:

A. border forsythias.

B. bradford pears.

C. dwarf burford hollies.

D. Japanese


aucubas.

11.

The first word in the scientific name of a plant is the:

A. cultivar.

B. genu


s.

C. species.

D. variety.

12.

Neil found a large deciduous tree that has red flowers in ea


rly spring before the leaves appeared. In the summer, the leaves are dark green with a gr


ay color under the leaves which have three to five lobes. The bark is light gray.The common na


me of this tree is:

A. crape myrtle.

B. eastern white pine.

C. flowering dogwood.

D. re


d maple.

13.

Jan saw a tree with the scientific name Acer palmatum. What is the plant's


common name?

A. Eastern white pine

B. Flowering dogwood

C. Japanese maple

D. Pin oa


k

14.

April has some indoor Christmas-season plants with bracts or modified leaves that ar


e red, pink, or white on different plants. What is the name of these plants?

A. Florist chry


santhemum

B. Geranium

C. Poinsettia

D. Spider plant

15.

A small, deciduous, speci


men, flowering tree that is usually crooked and has white flowers that are really bracts wi


th a brownish color on the tip of each bract is a:

A. Catawba rhododendron.

B. flowering dog


wood.

C. Leyland cypress.

D. pin oak.

16.

What is the scientific name for a Flowering


Dogwood?

A. Acer rubrum

B. Cornus florida

C. Liriope muscari

D. Targetes erecta

17 Hu


. go saw this large, shade-loving evergreen growing in the edge of forests on his last trip to th


e mountains. If the shrub has dark green leaves that are five inches long and two inches


wide and has many large flowers, it is most likely a:

A. Catawba rhododendron.

B. Leylan


d cypress.

C. mungo pine.

D. winged euonymus.

18.

Alphonso's small, deciduous


tree with heart-shaped leaves, three- to five-inch long brown bean-type pods, and pink-


purple colored seasonal flowers is an:

A. ajuga.

B. eastern redbud.

C. eastern white pine


.

D. English ivy.

19.

Wayne has a large deciduous shrub with many bright yellow flowers


in very early spring. It is a:

A. Border forsythia.

B. Mungo pine.

C. Parlor ivy.

D. Shasta daisy


.


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