Chapter 1.2

Question 1

What category of plants are trees and shrubs?

Answer 1

Woody plants

Question 2

What is a plant with a single tall, woody stem that can stand erect without support?

Answer 2

Tree

Question 3

What is a plant with several low, woody stems near the ground that can stand erect without support?

Answer 3

Shrub (or bush)

Question 4

What is the scientific term for nonwoody plants?

Answer 4

Herbaceous plants (or herbs)

Question 5

What type of plant can be either woody or herbaceous and is any plant with a long, thin stem that grows along the ground or twines its tendrils around a support?

Answer 5

Vine

Question 6

What type of root system has one main root that grows straight down and remains larger than the secondary roots branching from it?

Answer 6

Taproot system

Question 7

What type of root system has a primary root that remains small with many secondary roots growing in all directions from it?

Answer 7

Fibrous root system