3.03 (Part 2)

Wayne has a large deciduous shrub with many bright yellow flowers in very early spring. It is a:

• Border forsythia

• Mugo pine

• Parlor ivy

• Shasta daisy

If Jody wants to learn more about the words used in scientific classification, he would study:

• French

• Latin

• Russian

• Spanish

On each side of a school parking lot, Glenn observed medium-size deciduous trees that have white flowers in spring and reddish purple leaves in autumn. They grow in a symmetrical shape with little or no pruning. These trees are:

• border forsythias.

• bradford pears.

• dwarf burford hollies.

• Japanese aucubas.

In the scientific name Ficus elastica "Decora" which is a Decora Rubber Plant, the word "Decora" is the:

• genus

• kingdom

• species

• variety

An indoor flowering plant grown for hanging baskets and pots that has red, white, or pink flowers and green leaves with long petioles, and is popular for Mother’s Day is a:

• Boston fern

• Catawba rhododendron

• geranium

• Japanese flowering cherry

An interior plant with large, variegated, green- and cream-colored leaves that are on a thick trunk is a:

• dumb cane

• Japanese barberry

• Norfolk island pine

• winged euonymus

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

• cultivar

• genus

• species

• variety

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:

• ajuga

• eastern redbud

• eastern white pine

• English ivy

In the local library's lawn grows a large deciduous tree about fifty feet 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:

• pin oak

• red maple

• river birch

• weeping fig

Timothy found an indoor plant for his mother. If the scientific name is Ficus benjamina, what plant is it?

• English Ivy

• Impatiens

• Peace Lily

• Weeping fig