2009/01/04 05:40
Test Your Teacher
Even a chimp can get 1/3 of these questions correct cos' there's only 3 possible answers . So how will your teacher get on ?
1) How much ground can one grass plant cover ?
a. One square metre(1.2 square yards)
b. As much as a small garden
c. As much as a large field
2)How long can a seed survive before it dies ?
a. Ten months
b. Ten years
c. Ten thousand years
3)Some types of plants puff out gas from their leaves . This is taken in through the leaves of another plant of the same species . The gas carries a message . What is it ?
a. I love your flowers
b. Make more fruit
c. BEWARE-hungry giraffes on the rampage
4)Where won't you find a plant growing ?
a. Between your toes
b. Inside a solid rock
c. Underneath the snow in the Antarctic
5)What do some plants do if you breathe on them ?
a. Turn your breath to a poisonous gas and puff it back at you
b. Wilt
c. Turn your breath into sugar and eat it
6)What substance is never made by trees ?
a. A red fluid that looks suspiciously like blood
b. Dew
c. The stuff they use to make chocolate
7)How do some plants keep warm ?
a. Central heating
b. Hairy leaves
c. By shivering
8)What do some plants do when they're thirsty ?
a. Grow special windows in their leaves that let the sun in without letting water out
b. Cut bits of their own bodiees
c. Cover themselves in a sort of cling-film
9)Which one of these objects is not a plant ?
a. A bird's dropping
b. A weird mushroom-shaped object
c. A pebble
Answers :
1) c
2) c
3) c
4) Trick question ! Plants grow in all of these places
5) c
6) b
7) b
8) Trick question ! Give your teacher 1 mark for saying all of them but give a miserable 1/2 mark for suggesting a , b or c .
9) Haha ! Another trick question !
What your teacher's score means :
9 - Impossible . NO teacher in history has ever scored this high ...
7-8 -BEWARE . Your teacher is a secret botanist .
4-6 - Average . Could try harder .
0-3 - This is sad . Your teacher obviously needs to turn over a new leaf and do some botany homework .
FACT FILE :
The following is true .
Qns 9 :
a.A bird's dropping is an anacampseros (anna-camp-ser-ros ) plant that lives in dry areas . It looks like a bird dropping in order to deter animals from eating it . Fancy one in your salad ?
b.A weird mushroom-shaped object is a stromatolite ( stro-mat-o-lite ) that's a weird blob of algae and mud that's found on some Australian beaches . It's sculpted into a mushroom by the sea .
c.A pebble is a pebble plant from the deserts of Africa . It disguises itself to look like a pebble to stop animals from eating it . Well , stone me .
2009/01/04 05:40
Test Your Teacher
Even a chimp can get 1/3 of these questions correct cos' there's only 3 possible answers . So how will your teacher get on ?
1) How much ground can one grass plant cover ?
a. One square metre(1.2 square yards)
b. As much as a small garden
c. As much as a large field
2)How long can a seed survive before it dies ?
a. Ten months
b. Ten years
c. Ten thousand years
3)Some types of plants puff out gas from their leaves . This is taken in through the leaves of another plant of the same species . The gas carries a message . What is it ?
a. I love your flowers
b. Make more fruit
c. BEWARE-hungry giraffes on the rampage
4)Where won't you find a plant growing ?
a. Between your toes
b. Inside a solid rock
c. Underneath the snow in the Antarctic
5)What do some plants do if you breathe on them ?
a. Turn your breath to a poisonous gas and puff it back at you
b. Wilt
c. Turn your breath into sugar and eat it
6)What substance is never made by trees ?
a. A red fluid that looks suspiciously like blood
b. Dew
c. The stuff they use to make chocolate
7)How do some plants keep warm ?
a. Central heating
b. Hairy leaves
c. By shivering
8)What do some plants do when they're thirsty ?
a. Grow special windows in their leaves that let the sun in without letting water out
b. Cut bits of their own bodiees
c. Cover themselves in a sort of cling-film
9)Which one of these objects is not a plant ?
a. A bird's dropping
b. A weird mushroom-shaped object
c. A pebble
Answers :
1) c
2) c
3) c
4) Trick question ! Plants grow in all of these places
5) c
6) b
7) b
8) Trick question ! Give your teacher 1 mark for saying all of them but give a miserable 1/2 mark for suggesting a , b or c .
9) Haha ! Another trick question !
What your teacher's score means :
9 - Impossible . NO teacher in history has ever scored this high ...
7-8 -BEWARE . Your teacher is a secret botanist .
4-6 - Average . Could try harder .
0-3 - This is sad . Your teacher obviously needs to turn over a new leaf and do some botany homework .
FACT FILE :
The following is true .
Qns 9 :
a.A bird's dropping is an anacampseros (anna-camp-ser-ros ) plant that lives in dry areas . It looks like a bird dropping in order to deter animals from eating it . Fancy one in your salad ?
b.A weird mushroom-shaped object is a stromatolite ( stro-mat-o-lite ) that's a weird blob of algae and mud that's found on some Australian beaches . It's sculpted into a mushroom by the sea .
c.A pebble is a pebble plant from the deserts of Africa . It disguises itself to look like a pebble to stop animals from eating it . Well , stone me .
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