Botanic Garden Escape Room

Botanic Garden

ESCAPE ROOM

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entrance

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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?

Oh, no!

You've been locked inside the botanic garden.

Path 1

Path 2

Path 3

the flowering plants

AREA 1

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

the flowering plants

area 1

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

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Papaya

Pumpkin

Watermelon

Tomato

Peach

Pepper

Grape

the flowering plants

area 1

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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.

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

the flowering plants

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

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

the flowering plants

area 1

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

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

the flowering plants

area 1

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

Pome

Multiple Fruit

Hesperidium

3/5

the flowering plants

area 1

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

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

the flowering plants

area 1

Click the icon below to go back.

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).

the flowering plants

area 1

Click the icon below to go back.

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

the flowering plants

area 1

Click the icon below to continue

Caryopsis Follicle Samara Nut

Caryopsis Follicle Samara Nut

the flowering plants

AREA 1

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

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

the flowering plants

area 1

Click the icon below to go back.

Congratulations! You're a little closer to escaping!

the flowering plants

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

Sunlight is fading quickly

entrance

area 2

area 1

area 3

light & plant growth regulators

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Question 1

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

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

Wavelength (nm)

Wavelength (nm)

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?

light & plant growth regulators

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Question 2

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

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Wavelength (nm)

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?

light & plant growth regulators

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Click the icon below to go back.

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

CW

PG

ST

GT

EM

light & plant growth regulators

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

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Question 4:

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TASAPX

GXSTAT

TALRXA

TARSPG

XPGSTA

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

light & plant growth regulators

AREA 2

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

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THIS CODE DID NOT WORK, TRY AGAIN

light & plant growth regulators

area 2

Click the icon below to go back.

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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.

You can see the front gate, but its locked.

Entrance

area 2

area 1

area 3

Find all three notes then proceed

Find the plant in the greenhouse

Flagellated sperm

Tomorrow: 11 pm Tour with class 0% chance rain

water

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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.

The Greenhouse

It's all about saving water

water

area 3

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

water

area 3

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flagellated sperm

moreleaves

pinkstems

succulent stems

thick cuticle

long leaves

shallow roots

large stomata

C3 photosynthesis

CAM photosynthesis

water

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Question 4

thin cuticle

many stomata

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7-0-3

7-2-9

4-8-3

4-0-6

4-2-7

#-8-3

1-0-9

9-6-3

2-5-8

1-2-4

2-#-4

1-5-9

1-2-3

2-9-0

1-8-6

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

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THIS CODE DID NOT WORK, TRY AGAIN

water

area 3

Click the icon below to go back.

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

Congratulations!

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