University of Minnesota Duluth Greenhouse Virtual Tour


UMD Greenhouses Virtual Tour Worksheet

Instructions: The worksheet below is broken into four sections, one for each page of the Virtual Tour of the UMD Greenhouses. Use this worksheet to help guide you through the virtual tour, or wait until the end to see if you can answer all the questions!

Virtual Tour Home Page:

  When was the Upper Greenhouse built?

 

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  When was the Lower Greenhouse built?

 

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  What is the item shown on the Virtual Tour Home Page in the Papyrus tank that is not a plant?

 

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Greenhouse General Information:

  Are most tours scheduled in the morning, afternoon, or evening?

 

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  What are the five lines of information that can be included on a plant label?


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How do you find out how to get free plant cuttings from the greenhouse?

 

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Upper Greenhouse:

  What does the Box Turtle eat in the greenhouse?

 

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  Why is the general collection of greenhouse plants kept in both the Upper and Lower Greenhouses?

 

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  Are higher or lower light plants kept in the Upper Greenhouse?

 

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Lower Greenhouse:

  What special requirement to fuchsias have in order to bloom?

 

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  Where are spores produced on a fern?

 

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  If a plant is 'epiphitic,' where does it grow?

 

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