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FL Backyard Bio

Total questions: 94

Worksheet time: 24hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the flower?

a)

To gather nutrients

b)

Seed production

c)

Water absorption

d)

support

2.

Coconut, palm, mangroves, water lily, water mint, are a few examples of plants whose seed are dispersed by (a)  

3.

What is one similarity between the Florida yew and the loblolly pine?

a)

They are both on the endangered species list.

b)

They are both rare trees

c)

They both have needlelike leaves.

d)

They both produce winged fruits.

4.

What can you tell about the fruit production of the trees?

a)

They all produce fruit at the same time.

b)

They each produce one seed.

c)

They each produce a reddish fruit.

d)

They all produce fruit at different times of the year.

5.

Why are fruits so important to the life cycle of a plant?

a)

They contain Seeds

b)

They taste good

c)

They look pretty

d)

Fruit is not important to the life cycle of plants

6.

Maple trees and pine trees are both native to Florida. Which of these explains how the life cycle of the pine tree is different from the life cycle of the maple tree?

a)

Pines produce cones instead of seeds

b)

Pines produce cones instead of flowers

c)

Pines produce cones instead of seedlings

d)

Pines produce cones instead of mature plants

7.

The bald cypress tree loses its needles in the winter, its seeds are produced similarly to that of the evergreen pine tree. How are pine trees and the bald cypress similar?

a)

They both produce fruit

b)

They both have shells

c)

They both produce cones

d)

They both produce cones

8.

How are the life cycles of both flowering and non-flowering plants similar?

a)

Both develop seeds in a flower

b)

They both can reproduce in the mature stage of their life cycles

c)

Both produce fruit

d)

Both develop fruit after the seeds has been produced

9.

Which stage of the flowering plant life cycle is just before the mature adult plant?

a)

Seed

b)

Seedling

c)

Fruit

d)

Flower

10.

What are the similarities between flowering and non-flowering plants?

a)

Cones make seeds but flowers don't

b)

Flowers and cones both produce seeds

c)

Cones and flowers do not make seeds

d)

Neither cones nor flowers produce seeds

11.

The picture shows the same stage in the life cycle of orange trees and maple trees. Which stage of the life cyle are these plants in?

a)

Flowering plants

b)

Adult trees

c)

Seed

d)

Seedling

12.
What are three main body parts of an insect? 
a)
Head, chest, tail
b)
Head, antenna, abdomen
c)
Thorax, antenna, heart
d)
Head, thorax, abdomen
13.
a)

Aphid

b)

Assassin Bug

c)

Bedbug

d)

Mealybug

14.
a)

Assassin Bug

b)

Backswimmer

c)

Cicada

d)

Cicada Killer

15.
a)

Bedbug

b)

Boxelder Bug

c)

Giant Water Bug

d)

Leaf-footed Bug

16.
a)

Cicada

b)

Damsel Bug

c)

Water Strider

d)

Treehopper

17.
a)

Damselbug

b)

Water Boatman

c)

Assassin Bug

d)

Leafhopper

18.
a)

Stink Bug

b)

Squash Bug

c)

Leafhopper

d)

Spittlebug

19.

Bed bugs drink your blood.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Some bugs are helpful.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Why are bedbugs called red coats?

a)

Their skin is red.

b)

Their eyes are red.

c)

They turn red when they die.

d)

They look red after sucking blood.

22.

Bug is another word for

a)

disease

b)

insect

23.

How do bed bugs travel?

a)

Bed bugs travel through suitcases.

b)

Bed bugs travel through people.

c)

Bed bugs travel through luggage.

d)

All of these.

24.

The chart below lists some of Florida's State Animals. Which of the animals listed is an invertebrae?

a)

Mockingbird

b)

Largemouth Bass

c)

American Alligator

d)

Zebra Longwing Butterfly

25.

What dose caterpillars eat?

a)

milkweed

b)

leafs

c)

milkweed leafs

26.

How many stages dose a butterfly have

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

27.
A cocoon is also called what?
a)
Chrysalis
b)
Egg
c)
Adult
d)
Metamorphosis
28.
What is the correct order of the butterfly life cycle?
a)
egg, chrysalis, caterpillar, butterfly
b)
butterfly, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis
c)
egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
d)
egg, caterpillar, butterfly, chrysalis
29.
What is another word for the change a butterfly goes through?
a)
larva
b)
metamorphosis
c)
adult
d)
life cycle
30.
a)

white pine

b)

Virginia pine

c)

loblolly pine

d)

short leaf pine

31.
a)

box elder maple

b)

striped maple

c)

red maple

d)

mountain maple

32.
a)

red maple

b)

box elder maple

c)

sugar maple

d)

mountain maple

33.
a)

white oak

b)

Nuttall oak

c)

water oak

d)

bur oak

34.
a)

Sand Pine

b)

Slash Pine

c)

Loblolly Pine

35.
a)

Southern Red Cedar

b)

Loblolly Pine

c)

Bald Cypress

36.
a)

Longleaf Pine

b)

Sand Pine

c)

Slash Pine

37.
a)

Sand Pine

b)

Loblolly Pine

c)

Bald Cypress

38.

What tree bears this kind of flower ?

a)

Cherry Tree

b)

Dogwood Tree

c)

Magnolia Tree

d)

Tulip Tree

39.

a)

hawthorn

b)

locust

c)

elm

d)

white ash

e)

birch

40.

What leaf is this?

a)

Laurel Oak

b)

Sweet Gum

c)

Red Maple

d)

Sugar Maple

e)

Blackjack Oak

41.

True or False. Trees are indicators of a community's ecological health

a)

True

b)

False

42.

What leaf is this?

a)

Ginko

b)

Willow Oak

c)

Magnolia

d)

Yellow Poplar

e)

Chestnut Oak

43.
What is the common name for this tree?
a)
Southern Magnolia 
b)
Live Oak
c)
Southern grandiflora
d)
Magnolia grandiflora 
44.

2 - 3 needles

(a)  

45.

3 needles

(a)  

46.

3 needles per bundle

(a)  

47.

The trees that remain almost green throughout the year

a)

Terrestrial

b)

Aquatic

c)

Deciduous

d)

Evergreen

48.
True or false?  Plants cannot grow without soil.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
A seed can move by wind, water, and ________.
a)
clouds
b)
singing
c)
cars
d)
animals
50.
How do water and nutrients enter a seed plant?
a)
leaves
b)
stems
c)
roots
d)
flowers
51.
Plants can be classified into two groups:
a)
Seed and fruits
b)
Flowers and colors
c)
flowering and non-flowering
d)
trees and plants
52.

How can Mangroves stand still in the waves?

a)

By their roots

b)

By their stem

c)

By their leaves

53.

What photos are the Mangroves tree?

a)
b)
c)
d)
54.

Which of the following is not part of the harsh environments mangroves endure

a)

High salt

b)

Hard ground

c)

Low oxygen

d)

Varying Tides

55.
Mangroves provide a _________________________for small fish before they swim out to the deeper ocean.
a)
Safe breeding ground
b)
Fresh water system
56.
Mangroves protect coastlines from erosion by acting as a natural barrier and flood defence. True or false?
a)
True
b)
False
57.

Mangrove trees can grow in ___________.

a)

hot water

b)

mineral water

c)

salt water

58.

Mangrove forests are breeding grounds for ________________.

a)

rabbits, cats and dogs

b)

fish, prawns and crabs

c)

lions, tigers and elephants

59.

What are 3 common names of Mangrove?

a)

Black Mangroves

b)

Violet Mangroves

c)

Red Mangroves

d)

White Mangroves

e)

Yellow Mangroves

60.

Salinity means the level of _______________in the water.

a)

oxygen

b)

salt

c)

nitrogen

d)

salcite

61.

What is the name of the red mangrove seedling?

(a)  

62.

Which mangrove is this most likely to be?

a)

Red mangrove

b)

Black mangrove

c)

White mangrove

d)

Buttonwood

63.

Which type of mangroves are these likely to be?

a)

Red mangrove

b)

Black mangrove

c)

White mangrove

d)

Buttonwood

64.

What are the threat of mangrove forest ?

a)

Rising sea level

b)

Forest's fire

c)

Clearing forest

d)

All of the above

65.
a)

Water Oak

b)

Turkey Oak

c)

Post Oak

d)

White Oak

66.
a)

Water Oak

b)

Live Oak

c)

Turkey Oak

d)

Laurel oak

67.
a)

Live Oak

b)

Laurel Oak

c)

Water Oak

d)

Turkey Oak

68.
a)

Post Oak

b)

Turkey Oak

c)

Shumard Oak

d)

White Oak

69.
a)

Laurel Oak

b)

Live Oak

c)

Water Oak

70.

What tree does this leaf belong to?

a)

Oak

b)

Holly

71.

Identify this plant:

a)

Longleaf Pine

b)

Slash Pine

c)

Italian Cypress

d)

Leyland Cypress

72.

Identify this plant:

a)

Florida Sugar Maple

b)

Red Maple

c)

Sycamore

d)

Sweetgum

73.

Identify this plant:

a)

Southern Magnolia

b)

Loblolly Bay

c)

Red Bay

d)

Flowering Dogwood

74.

Identify this plant:

a)

Slash Pine

b)

Longleaf Pine

c)

Bald Cypress

d)

Loblolly Pine

75.

Identify this plant:

a)

Bald Cypress

b)

Italian Cypress

c)

Southern Red Cedar

d)

Atlantic White Cedar

76.

Identify this plant:

a)

Dahoon Holly

b)

Nellie R. Stevens Holly

c)

East Palatka Holly

d)

Red Buckeye

77.

Identify this plant:

a)

Japanese Maple

b)

Red Maple

c)

Florida Sugar Maple

d)

Sourwood

78.

Identify this plant:

a)

Red Maple

b)

Japanese Maple

c)

Florida Sugar Maple

d)

Sweetgum

79.

Identify this plant:

a)

Live Oak

b)

Drake Elm

c)

Shumard Oak

d)

Cherry Laurel

80.

Identify this plant:

a)

Loblolly Pine

b)

Longleaf Pine

c)

Slash Pine

d)

Southern Red Cedar

81.

Identify this plant:

a)

Winged Elm

b)

Drake Elm

c)

River Birch

d)

Cherry Laurel

82.

Which picture is the Click Beetle?

a)
b)
c)
d)
83.

What is the soldier beetle?

a)
b)
c)
d)
84.

What is the firefly?

a)
b)
c)
d)
85.

One reason that beetles have survived for long is

a)

They have hard protective exoskeletons

b)

They hunt other insects

c)

They eat other insects

86.

What do all beetles have in common? (Choose at least 2 answers)

a)

They have exoskeletons are hard

b)

most have 2 pair of wings

c)

They can fly

d)

Their abdomens light p

87.

How do beetles protect themselves? (Choose at least 3 answers)

a)

They can burrow in the ground

b)

some have horns and claws to protect themselves

c)

They use mimicry

d)

They eat their eggs

88.

Most beetles go through __________ metamorphosis.

a)

Incomplete

b)

Complete

89.

Dung is_________

a)

vegetables that beetles eat

b)

beetle eggs

c)

the name of the wings of a beetle

d)

waste or manure that beetles eat

90.

Dung beetles bury the balls in ground and _________ in them.

a)

lay eggs

b)

hide food

c)

hid the queen beetle

d)

hide tunnels

91.

What are the 3 parts of an insect?

a)

Head, thorax, tail

b)

Thorax, lantern, abdomen

c)

Head, shoulders, thorax

d)

Head, abdomen, thorax

92.

Do beetles lay eggs?

a)

No, they don't

b)

Yes, they do

93.

An insect's antennae are most similar to:

a)

Human Hair

b)

Horses Mane

c)

Cat's Whiskers

d)

Bull's Horn

94.

Which is one way to help with invasive species?

a)

Pollution

b)

Deforestation

c)

Hunting

d)

Pets

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