Botanic Garden Escape Room

ESCAPE ROOM

Botanic Garden

entrance

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Oh, no!

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You've been locked inside the botanic garden.

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It's getting dark and you've wandered far from the entrance. Can you trace your way back to escape the garden?

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the flowering plants

The last few inflorescence types you passed were a cyme, head, and corymb. Pick the correct path.

Path 3

Path 2

Path 1

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the flowering plants

You have wandered even further into the garden! Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

You made it to a familiar clearing but you're getting hungry.

You're allergic to berries, pepos, and drupes. Select the safest option for yourself.

Peach

Pepper

Tomato

Grape

Pumpkin

Papaya

None

Watermelon

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the flowering plants

This is a berry! A berry is a fruit with a fleshy ovary wall from a flower with a superior ovary. It can have one or more carpels and one or more seeds per carpel. Examples: Tomatoes, Grapes, Persimmons

Unfortunately you break out in a rash. Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

This is a pepo! A pepo is a berry with a hard thick outer rind or exocarp. Examples: Cucumbers, melons, papaya, banana

Unfortunately you break out in a rash. Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

This is a drupe! A drupe has an outer fleshy fruit wall (exocarp) and a stony inner fruit wall (endocarp). Develops from a superior ovary. Examples: Stone fruits such as peaches or plums, almonds, mango, olives

Unfortunately you break out in a rash. Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

Luckily you find an apple grove nearby. An apple is an example of a:

Pome

Multiple Fruit

Hesperidium

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the flowering plants

This is incorrect. A hesperidium is a specialized berry in which the exocarp is a leathery skin with numerous pits with essential oil glands and is formed from a superior ovary. Example: almost all citrus family members

Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

This is incorrect. A multiple fruit is formed from an inflorescence of originally separate flowers and ovaries that fuse during developement (e.g. pineapple). This is not to be confused with an aggregate fruit which is produced from a cluster or aggregation of many separate carpels from a single flower (e.g. blackberry, strawberry).

Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

Correct! A pome is an example of a simple accessory fruit because the ovary is fused to other floral parts. Examples: apple, strawberries, figs

Click the icon below to continue

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the flowering plants

You find yourself in the dry fruits section, but the gate is locked by a padlock with symbols on it!

Caryopsis Follicle Samara Nut

Caryopsis Follicle Samara Nut

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the flowering plants

Unfortunately the combination you chose did not work.

Definition Review silique: elongated seed pod that has two valves that fall away from a central papery partition, leaving seeds adhering to both sides of the partition legumes: fruits develop from a single carpel but open along two sutures follicle: develops from a single carpel and opens along a single seam caryopsis: small, dry indehiscent fruit where the seed coat is fused to the ovary wall or pericarp achene: single seeded fruit where pericarp is not fused to seed nut: similar to an achene but pericarp is developed into a hard woody structure and the fruit is much larger samara: single seeded winged nut or achene

Click the icon below to go back.

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the flowering plants

Congratulations! You're a little closer to escaping!

Sunlight is fading quickly

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You encounter a magical talking squirrel that won't let you pass until you answer all its questions.

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light & plant growth regulators

Question 1

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Question 2

A plant is found on the other side of the universe. It also does photosynthesis, but its pigments absorb light at 600 nm and 800 nm. What would its action spectrum look like?

Wavelength (nm)

Rate of photosynthesis (as % of rate at 670 nm)

Wavelength (nm)

Rate of photosynthesis (as % of rate at 670 nm)

Wavelength (nm)

Rate of photosynthesis (as % of rate at 670 nm)

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light & plant growth regulators

This is incorrect. The action spectrum demonstrate the relative effectiveness of specific wavelengths of light for photosynthesis. What wavelengths are used for photosynthesis on the alien planet?

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light & plant growth regulators

Question 3: Identify the stacked grana thylakoids, unstacked stroma thylakoids, stroma, plastoglobules, cell wall and chloroplast envelope membrane.

Click on the blue dot to check your answers: EM = envelope membrane S = stroma GT = grana thylakoids ST = stromat thylakoids CW = cell wall PG = plastoglobules

EM

GT

PG

ST

CW

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Question 4:

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Question 5: The Squirrel feels you know enough to pass, but only has this incomplete table to help you unlock the next gate.

XPGSTA

TARSPG

TALRXA

GXSTAT

TASAPX

What is the 6-letter code to open the padlock?

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light & plant growth regulators

THIS CODE DID NOT WORK, TRY AGAIN

Click the icon below to go back.

You can see the front gate, but its locked.

Entrance

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The password changes every night. It looks like the person on duty left in a hurry and you might be able to find clues around their desk.

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Nurtured by sunlight, ferns sway gently in the breeze. Orchids bloom in vibrant hues, adorning the forest floor. Nourished by rich soil, moss carpets the damp earth. Vines climb, reaching for the canopy, seeking the light. A testament to the resilience of nature. So many roots delve deep Cacti brave the desert heat, storing water for survival. Unfurl gentle petals, revealing the beauty within. Lichens thrive in harsh climates. Aligned with simplicity, algae thrives in aquatic realms .Reeds rustle softly along the tranquil waterside.

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water

Flagellated sperm

Find all three notes then proceed

Find the plant in the greenhouse

Tomorrow: 11 pm Tour with class 0% chance rain

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water

The Greenhouse

It's all about saving water

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water

The password this week is inspired by adaptations to a desert climate.

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water

Question 4

pinkstems

shallow roots

CAM photosynthesis

succulent stems

long leaves

C3 photosynthesis

thick cuticle

large stomata

moreleaves

thin cuticle

many stomata

flagellated sperm

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Enter the pin code for the lock box to get the gate key

1-5-9

2-5-8

1-2-3

2-9-0

9-6-3

2-#-4

1-2-4

1-0-9

1-8-6

4-2-7

4-0-6

#-8-3

7-2-9

7-0-3

4-8-3

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water

THIS CODE DID NOT WORK, TRY AGAIN

Click the icon below to go back.

Congratulations!

You made it out. Good thing you studied for your Foundations in Plant Biology class. Phew!

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