AY Honors/Flowers/Answer Key
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1. Draw or photograph 35 kinds of wild flowers and identify them correctly.
You may wish to take the pictures in a botanical gardens or greenhouse of some sort, because all the information is right there on the nameplate!
- Arctotis.jpg
Arctotis
Aster
Azalea
Bluebell
- Bartnelke.jpg
Carnation
Chamomile
- Chrysanthemums.jpg
Chrysanthemum
- Clematis jackmanii 2.jpg
Clematis
- Crocus heuffelianus bgiu.jpg
Crocus
Dahlia
Daisy
- Forget-me-not close 600.jpg
Forget Me Not
- Forsythia001.jpg
Forsythia
- Wet hollyhock.jpg
Hollyhock
- Hyacinthus orientalis 2003.jpg
Hyacinth
- Lilla iris randers.jpg
Iris
- Lantana.jpg
Lantana
- Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) v2.jpg
Lily
Lupine
- Orchid.jpg
Orchid
- Pansy aka.jpg
Pansy
- Boa noite.jpg
Periwinkle
- Petunia.jpg
Petunia
Phlox
- Red rose.jpg
Rose
Sunflower
- Lathyrus odoratus Painted Lady.jpg
Sweet Pea
- Tansy.jpg
Tansy
- Tulip01.jpg
Tulip
Violet
2. Draw and properly label, or point out the actual parts of a flower: pistil, stamen, petal, sepal.
http://www.prairiefrontier.com/pages/families/flwrparts.jpg
3. Name six flower families and their distinguishing characteristics. Name at least two flowers in each family.
Rosaceae - Rose Family
4. Describe the life history of a particular flower, including the part played by insects or wind in pollination.
5. Name at least two plants that are poisonous to touch, and state which, if any, are found in your locality.
6. Do three of the following:
a. Arrange, draw or photograph a series of at least six flowers showing in order the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.
b. Submit fresh, pressed or dried flowers which have: five petals, four petals, three petals, no petals.
c. Distinguish and name two out of five wild or cultivated flowers by their odor, while blindfolded.
d. List flowers that you have observed being visited for food by the following:
- 1. Birds:
- 2. Honeybees:
- 3. Bumblebees:
- 4. Butterflies:
- 5. Moths:
