Angiosperms
Clue Number One: Dichotomous Key
Complete the dichotomous key by placing the leaf number next to the correct name. Remember to always start at number 1 for each leaf. Answer this math problem for the answer to your clue:
Magnolia minus Pecan
Whew! You are nearly at the end. The last materials come from the flowering plants. That should be relatively easy to find, since there are more flowering plants that all the others combined. You need just the right group of materials to get the desired results. You look around. Several applicants have stopped working all together. Their cauldrons are emitting a foul odor. One of them is sending out sparks. You feel a pang of sympathy, but must continue!
Clue Number Two: Maze
The Triwizard Hedge Maze
Can you find the path that connects the two stars?
Follow the path through the Triwizard Maze.
You must choose correctly, don’t be in a daze.
If you are on the right path a sentence will send
You to your next clue—you’ll be on the mend.
Answer this question, you are almost through.
To make your potion, this is the clue.
What type of vein is in a monocot leaf?
Watch the video and think, think, think!
Clue Number Three: Seed Dispersal
I don’t have wings so I do not fly,
But drop me in water and I will float by.
Which of these plants are destined to float?
Find the answers as you read the quotes.
The number you find will make things clear,
And soon your answer will appear.
Coconut: Trees found on tropical beaches often have their seeds carried there by the sea. They have woody, waterproof coverings that enable them to float in the salty water for long periods.
Dandelion: Seeds from plants are light and have feathery bristles and can be carried long distances. The seeds land in all kinds of places. To help their chances that at least some of the seeds land in a place suitable for growth, these plants have to produce lots of seeds.
Cocklebur: These belong to the enormous sunflower family (Asteraceae), the largest plant family with approximately 24,000 species. The seeds are typically enclosed in a one-seeded fruit, called an achene, that are enclosed in a bur or involucre that is covered with hooked prickles.
Kawakawa: Over 70% of plants in the woody forests in New Zealand have fleshy fruit that is eaten by birds. Chemicals in the native birds’ digestive systems help to weaken the tough coats around these seeds. Birds often fly far away from the parent plant and disperse the seeds in their droppings.
Foxglove: Often grow beside streams. All parts of the plant are poisonous, possibly even deadly, if swallowed. The botanical name is Digitalis purpurea. The heart medication, "digitalis" is derived from this plant. When formulated into a medication with a controlled dosage, it is valuable in treating heart failure. It helps a weakened heart pump harder. People who eat any part of the plant or make tea from the leaves are, in essence, taking an unregulated dose of heart medicine. This can be dangerous and life threatening.
Mangrove: Their seeds are unusual in that they can begin germination while still on the parent plant, and they drop into the ocean when about a foot long. These 'sticks' float upright in the sea, waiting to be flung onto the beach to continue germinating.
Water bean: Seeds of some tropical trees can even be carried along by ocean currents to land on shores half a world away. Sometimes these seeds are carried from their homes beside rivers in Africa, Australia or South America, across the ocean to land on European shores.
Willow: Often found in the middle of moorland, far from any other trees, but along the course of a stream. They can colonize such isolated places because they both have very small, light seeds, which can be carried by the wind or by water.
Water Mint: Native to much of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. It has been introduced to North and South America, Australia and some Atlantic islands. As the name suggests, occurs in the shallow margins and channels of streams, rivers, pools, dikes, ditches, canals, wet meadows, marshes and fens.
Congratulations! You have made a successful potion! There’s only one problem…it’s not a cure…only a treatment. You must continue your potion….
To Be Continued…In your next week's ESCAPE ROOM
