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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 can store and conserve water to protect against drought
    A plant that has sap that, when the plant gets damaged, coagulates like blood
    A plant that has particularly juicy fruit
    A plant that uses so much water that other plants cannot survive near it


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


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?
    Caudex
    Baga
    Jatropha
    Cotyledon


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


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 dry rot
    A volcanic gravel
    A corky outer layer
    A fungus disease


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


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


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


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
    Hydriscape
    Desert landscape
    Xeriscape


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


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


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?
    Cockscomb
    Bunny Ears
    Panda Plant
    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
    Hottentottenpopos
    Beeskloutjes
    All of these


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


20. Here's an obscure one: Euphorbia abdelkuri has an extremely toxic sap which can cause painful burns. What is it named after?
    A.B. Delkuri, the first man to die of burns from this plant
    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


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Compiled Jun 28 12