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LAB PRACTICAL QUIZ 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the benefits of houseplants?

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  • Improved air quality
  • Stress reduction
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Factors to consider when choosing a house plant

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  • Light requirements
  • Watering needs
  • Space
  • Pets
  • Maintenance
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3
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What are qualities of a good substrate or growing medium?

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  • Good drainage
  • Aeration
  • Moisture retention
  • pH balance
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4
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3 major components of “potting soil”

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  • Organic matter
  • Inorganic materials
  • Nutrients
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5
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What light needs are common for house plants?

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  • Moderate or indirect light
  • Bright or direct light
  • Low light
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6
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What happens if a plant receives too much light?

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  • Sun damaged
  • Watering needs increase
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7
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What happens if a plant receives too little light?

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  • Leaves yellow and die
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8
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What are factors that can affect watering frequency?

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  • Plant size
  • Type of pot
  • Humidity
  • Amount of light
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9
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What happens when you over fertilize?

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  • Root damage
  • Leaf burn
  • Nutrients imbalance
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How do you “groom” a plant?

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  • Pinching & thinning
  • Clean leaves from dust
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11
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When should you re-pot a plant?

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  • Roots growing out under
  • Rootbound
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12
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What’re common propagation methods for houseplants?

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  • Cuttings
  • Seed
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13
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Common pests associated with house plants + how to get rid

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  • Aphids
  • Spider mites
  • Mealybugs
  • Whiteflies

Wipe dust off leaves

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Cotyledon

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Monocots: 1, small
Dicots: 2, large

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Flowers

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Monocots: 3s
Dicots: 5s

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Venation (leaf vein)

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Monocots: Parallel
Dicots: Branches

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Vascular organization

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Monocots: Scattered
Dicots: Ring

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18
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Secondary growth

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Monocots: Lack
Dicots: Have

19
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Roots

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Monocots: Fibrous
Dicots: Taproot

20
Q

4 parts of a complete flower

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  • Pistil
  • Stamens
  • Sepals
  • Petals
21
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Incomplete flower

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Do not have one or more…
- Sepals
- Petals
- Stamens
- Pistil

22
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Male flower parts

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Stamen
Anther
Filament

23
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Female flower parts

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Stigma
Style
Ovary

24
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Monoecious plant

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Both male and female flowers occur on same plant

Corn

25
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Dioecious plant

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Male and female flowers occur on separate plants

Persimmon

26
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Fruit

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  • Seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering
  • Means by which flowering plants disseminate their seeds
27
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Seed

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  • Mature ovule that comprises an embryo
28
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Diff. parts of monocot seed

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  • Cotyledon: helps convert starches stored in the endosperm to usable form
  • Endosperm: food storage for seedling (starch)
  • Plumule: embryonic leaf
  • Radicle: embryonic root
  • Seed coat: protects seed
29
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Diff. parts of dicot seed

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  • Cotyledon: Provides food for germinating seedling
  • Plumule/Epicotyl : Embryonic leaf
  • Hypocotyl : Embryonic stem
  • Radicle: Embryonic root
  • Seed coat: protects seed
30
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4 basic types of fruits

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  • Simple (banana)
  • Aggregate (strawberries)
  • Multiple (pineapple)
  • Accessory (apples)
31
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Dehiscent fruits

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Split open (beans)

32
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Indehiscent fruits

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Do no split open (walnut)

33
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Carpal levels of fruit

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Exocarp (can be eaten)
Mesocarp (can be eaten)
Endocarp
Seeds
Pericarp (can be eaten)

34
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Asexual propagation

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New plants or offsprings that are genetically identical

35
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Clone

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An organism or a group of genetically identical organisms derived from a single parent organism through asexual reproduction

36
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Advantages to asexual propagation

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Maintains genetic uniformity of a plant

37
Q

What is the plant growth hormone used for promoting root initiation?

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IBA

38
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6.What are the techniques for asexually propagating plants?

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  • Grafting/budding (joining plant parts)
  • Layering
  • Tissue culture
  • Cuttings
39
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What are the three tissue types used in asexual propagation?

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  • Dermal
  • Vascular
  • Ground tissue
40
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Vernalization

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The cooling of seed during germination in order to accelerate flowering

41
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What temp conditions are needed?

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34 - 45 degrees

42
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Graphical tracking

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Helps growers forecast crop height, when they’ll flower

43
Q

What are the specialized structures that allow the propagation of flowers like tulips or paper whites?

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Bulb

44
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Steps of scientific method

A

Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Result
Conclusion

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