PCHS

November 2008

DO YOU KNOW???  QUIZ ANSWERS

1)

Which one of the following is not a medicinal plant?

4)

Name 5 different types of mulch:

straw

newspaper

a)

Indian turnip

Answer:

compost

cardboard

b)

Witch Hazel

leaves

carpet pieces

c)

Plantain

d

gravel

wood chips

d)

Jimsonweed

shredded bark

dark plastic

e)

Skunk Cabbage

cocoa bean shells

grass clippings

Score: (0 or 5 points)

Score:

/5 points

2)

Can you match up the Latin name with the corresponding common name:

5)

Fill in the blanks

COMMON

LATIN

(Are these people you know?)

a)

Bugleweed

u)

Pelargonium

b)

Columbine

v)

Helianthus

a)

Creeping

JENNY or CHARLIE

c)

Crabgrass

w)

Hamamelis

d)

Geranium

x)

Digitaria

b)

JACOB'S

ladder

e)

Sunflower

y)

Aquilegia

f)

Witch Hazel

z)

Ajuga reptans

c)

Sweet

WILLIAM

ANSWERS

d)

Rose of

SHARON

a:

z

d:

u

e)

Queen

ANNE'S

lace

b:

y

e:

v

f)

Russian

OLIVE

c:

x

f:

w

Score:

/6 points

Score:

/6

points

QUESTION #

SCORE

3)

Which of the following is not

1)

a companion plant used to ward off insects?

2)

a)

Borage

b)

Dahlia

3)

c)

Petunia

d)

Rue

4)

e)

Yarrow

5)

Answer:

c

TOTAL

/ 27 points

Score: (0 or 5 points)