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Prehistoric Plants trivia quiz

How well do you really know Prehistoric Plants? Find out in a live duel. QuizDown has over 120 Prehistoric Plants questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Prehistoric Plants questions cover

  • Coal Forests
  • Seed Ferns
  • Rhynie Chert
  • Bennettitales
  • Devonian Trees
  • Sphenopsids
  • Early Lycophytes
  • Early Vascular
  • Gondwana Flora
  • Living Fossils
  • Tree Ferns
  • Triassic Flora

Try three Prehistoric Plants questions

Question 1

Which ancient plant group is known for feathery leaves and reproduction by spores?

  1. Ferns
  2. Ginkgoes
  3. Cycads
  4. Conifers
Show the answer

Ferns

Question 2

Which group of trees produces its reproductive structures in woody clusters and was common when dinosaurs lived?

  1. Liverworts
  2. Conifers
  3. Ferns
  4. Mosses
Show the answer

Conifers

Question 3

Which ancient plant group often resembles a small palm but belongs to a much older lineage?

  1. Tree ferns
  2. Bamboo
  3. Cycads
  4. Palms
Show the answer

Cycads

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Prehistoric Plants match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Prehistoric Plants questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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