How interesting do you find plants?
(Picture: Gorse flowers on Arthur´s seat)
Fun facts about Plants!

Quiz
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Biology
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9th Grade
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Hard
Judit Duran
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
Super boring
Kind of boring
Kind of interesting
Super interesting!
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lots of plants are used in medicine. Can you guess just how many?
50 - A garden's worth!
6,000 - A small forest's worth!
30,000 - Almost a jungle!
4,500,000 - An entire planet of medicinal plants!
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plants are the unsung heroes of our planet. They provide us with food, oxygen, and medicine, regulate our climate, purify the air, and even shape our culture, religion, and overall wellbeing.
Can you guess how much the support plants offer our planet is valued at in economic terms?
£ 2 million
£ 340 million
£ 5 trillion
£ 110 trillion
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Turns out there's more plant species than we know about! Can you guess how many we discover every year?
500
2,000
10,000
1 million
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What percentage of all known wild plant species do you think are threatened with extinction?
20%
30%
40%
50%
Answer explanation
We know for certain that over 570 plant species have ceased to exist since 1750.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tulip Mania! In the 1600s, tulip bulbs were more precious than gold!
They even caused a massive economic crash in the Netherlands.
true
false
Answer explanation
Homes, estates, and industries were mortgaged so that bulbs could be bought for resale at higher prices. Sales and resales were made many times over without the bulbs ever leaving the ground, and rare varieties of bulbs sold for the equivalent of hundreds of dollars each.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which plant is the fastest growing plant on earth?
Bamboo
Grass
Giant Sequoia Tree
Moss
Answer explanation
Bamboo can grow almost 1 metre (3 feet) every single day!
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