ONE EIGHTH CONTEST 2025
Prempeh College - 62 points
Suhum SHTS - 37 points
Benkum SHS - 13 points
ONE EIGHTH CONTEST 2025
Mfantsipim School - 53 points
Anglican SHS, Kumasi - 37 points
Sogakope SHS - 24 points
ONE EIGHTH CONTEST 2025
Adisadel College - 82 points
St. Hubert Seminary SHS - 24 points
Serwaa Nyarko Girls' SHS - 24 points
ROUND 2
SPEED RACE
QUESTION
1. What name is given to the type of inflorescence characterized by a dense cluster of smaller flowers, that is florets, arranged on a flat receptacle.
ANSWER: Capitulum
EXPLANATION
A capitulum is a type of dense, flattened inflorescence where many small flowers (florets) are attached to a common, flat receptacle. It is typical in plants of the Asteraceae family, such as sunflowers and daisies.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. What is an inflorescence?
ANSWER: A cluster or arrangement of flowers on a floral axis.
2. To which family do the sunflower and daisy belong?
ANSWER: Asteraceae (Compositae).
3. Name the two kinds of florets found in a capitulum.
ANSWER: Disc florets and ray florets.
4. What inflorescence has an elongated axis bearing stalked flowers?
ANSWER: A raceme.
5. What inflorescence has an elongated axis bearing flowers without stalks?
ANSWER: A spike.
6. What inflorescence has all the flower stalks arising from one point?
ANSWER: An umbel.
7. What is a catkin?
ANSWER: A hanging spike of small unisexual flowers, usually wind-pollinated.
8. What is a panicle?
ANSWER: A branched raceme.
9. What is a spadix?
ANSWER: A fleshy axis bearing many tiny flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe.
10. What is the receptacle of a flower?
ANSWER: The expanded tip of the flower stalk that bears the floral parts.
11. Give two examples of plants with a capitulum.
ANSWER: Sunflower and daisy (also Tridax and Ageratum).
12. What is the advantage of many small florets forming a capitulum?
ANSWER: Together they look like one large flower, which attracts pollinators more easily.