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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gorgeous.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does CITES stand for?
(a) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Cultivated Plants.
(b) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Plants..
(c) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
(d) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna.

2. How many species are in the Epidendrum genus of orchids?
(a) 1100.
(b) 355.
(c) 1875.
(d) 357.

3. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Chelydridae.
(b) Solemydidae.
(c) Osteopygis.
(d) Neurankylidae.

4. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?
(a) Ailments and pain.
(b) Fun and joy.
(c) Agruments and opinions.
(d) Wealth and stature.

5. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) University of Cambridge.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Rutgers University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?

2. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?

3. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?

4. When was Charles Darwin born?

5. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

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