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Ooooh! Succulent Plants!

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Ooooh Succulent Plants game quiz
"Some people actually love these bizarre plants."

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1. What is the definition of a succulent plant?
    A plant that uses so much water that other plants cannot survive near it
    A plant that has particularly juicy fruit
    A plant that can store and conserve water to protect against drought
    A plant that has sap that, when the plant gets damaged, coagulates like blood


2. What is the relationship between a cactus and a succulent?
    All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti
    There is no relationship
    All succulents are cacti, but not all cacti are succulents
    Cacti and succulents are the same


3. Some of the most unusual succulents have normal seasonal foliage growing out of huge swollen water storage organs. What is the term for the water reservoir of these plants?
    Jatropha
    Cotyledon
    Baga
    Caudex


4. What method of propagation (starting new plants) is almost exclusive to succulent plants?
    Stem cuttings
    Leaf cuttings
    Dividing with roots attached
    Seeds


5. After taking a section of a succulent plant to start a new one, what is the first thing you should do with the cutting?
    Put it in water
    Put it in damp sand
    Put it in dry potting soil
    Put it away to let the end dry up


6. What is scoria?
    A fungus disease
    A dry rot
    A volcanic gravel
    A corky outer layer


7. The cactus family is native to which two continents?
    South America and Africa
    North and South America
    North America and Australia
    North America and Africa


8. Which country has the most native cactus species?
    Mexico
    Bolivia
    United States
    South Africa


9. In which of the United States is it illegal to field collect cacti without a permit?
    Utah
    Arizona
    All of these
    Colorado


10. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona has been badly damaged recently (2002). What is the cause?
    Illegal traffic across the Mexican border
    A sophisticated cactus rustling ring
    Salinity of the Colorado River
    A destructive beetle


11. What is the term for a garden of plants adapted to arid conditions?
    Arid landscape
    Xeriscape
    Desert landscape
    Hydriscape


12. Which cactus is it illegal to possess in the United States?
    Leuchtenbergia principis
    Agave sisalana
    Opuntia vulgaris
    Lophophora williamsii


13. What do Opuntias (Prickly Pears) have that other cacti don't?
    Areoles
    Cotyledons
    Caudexes
    Glochids


14. Cactus spines are modified leaves. What is their purpose?
    Protection from predators
    In some species, to reproduce
    To provide shade and conserve water
    All of these


15. What is not a use for Opuntias (the Prickly Pear cacti)?
    Perfumes
    Dyes
    Food for humans and livestock
    Fences


16. Many succulents are named after animals. Which of the following is not a succulent plant?
    Panda Plant
    Cockscomb
    Bunny Ears
    Ant Plant


17. An orchid cactus is a member of the Orchid family.
    True
    False


18. Lithops are tiny plants that are almost completely buried. The two very fleshy leaves have flat tops and are slightly opaque to allow light into the plant. In their natural habitats in South Africa, they are almost impossible to distinguish from rocks. One of their common names is Living Stones. What is another common name for them?
    Oogies
    All of these
    Beeskloutjes
    Hottentottenpopos


19. The world-wide Euphorbia family has almost as many succulents as the Cactus family. What popular non-succulent Christmas plant is a Euphorbia?
    Poinsettia
    Mistletoe
    Amaryllis
    Holly


20. Here's an obscure one: Euphorbia abdelkuri has an extremely toxic sap which can cause painful burns. What is it named after?
    Abdul Kuri, the botanist who first described it
    Abd Al Kuri, an island off the coast of Yemen
    Abed el Kuri, a mountain in Afghanistan
    A.B. Delkuri, the first man to die of burns from this plant


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