WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A GYMNOSPERM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT GYMNOSPERMS THEY USUALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ONE IS, OR THEY MAKE UP A STORY TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY ARE UP ON THEIR TRIVIA.  UNLESS YOU HAVE HAD FORMAL TRAINING ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS YOU  ALSO PROBABLY HAVE NOT HEARD OF GYMNOSPERMS.  IN THIS INVESTIGATION YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT A GYMNOSPERM IS.


 

QUESTIONS

WHAT ARE SEVEN NAMES GYMNOSPERMS FAMILIES

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT GENERA OF GYMNOSPERMS FOUND IN USA

WHAT IS THE LARGEST DIAMETER GYMNOSPERM

WHAT IS THE LARGEST DIAMETER GYMNOSPERM

NAME EIGHT CONIFERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES

LIST 15 CONIFERS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

 LIST 15 CONIFERS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

DO CEDARS TREES LIVE IN THE USA

ARE ALL GYMNOSPERMS EVERGREENS

 WHAT IS A DICHOTOMOUS KEY

 

THE BIG QUESTION

YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO FIND OUT WHAT  A GYMNOSPERM IS, WHERE DO THEY LIVE, AND HOW DO THEY REPRODUCE.

 

 

RESOURCES

http://www.orst.edu/instruct/for241/dk/index.html

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ginkgo.dm/GINKGO/GbReproduction.htm

http://www.orst.edu/instruct/for241/con/index.htm

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/plantdata.htm 

http://www.orst.edu/instruct/for241/con/lrchgen.html

http://nature.snr.uvm.edu/www/mac/plant-id/gymnosperms/taxodiaceae/taxodiaceae.html

http://www.orst.edu/instruct/for241/con/hmlckgen.htm

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cameronscrook/

http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/gymn/

 

 

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