Quiz 1

Question 1

Conifers, such as pines and spruce, are gymnosperms.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

All cell division takes place in meristematic tissue.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A dioecious plant would have male and female flowers on the same plant.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Most of the space in a cell is taken up by which organelle?

Answer 4

Vacuoles

Question 5

The production and science of growing fruits is called:

Answer 5

Pomology

Question 6

Which is not true about perennial plants.

Answer 6

They grow for two years then produce seeds and die.

Question 7

Which of the following is not a modified stem.

Answer 7

Sweet Potato

Question 8

Which physiological process releases energy for the plant to use in growth?

Answer 8

Respiration

Question 9

A botanical name is made up of which two parts?

Answer 9

genus and species

Question 10

Which of the following is not true about monocot plants?

Answer 10

They have two cotyledons

Question 11

They energy produced by plants in photosynthesis is all used in the respiration.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Plants with ‘perfect’ or complete flowers (they have both the male and female parts in the same flower) can always pollinate and fertilize themselves.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Water for transpiration is conducted in an upward direction in the phloem.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Which of the following would not typically be considered a horticultural crop?

Answer 14

Wheat

Question 15

Which of the following best describes arboriculture?

Answer 15

The care and culture of trees

Question 16

Adventitious roots grow off of tap roots.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Adsorption is both an active and passive process.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The part of a plant where CO2 can enter a plant and oxygen and water can exit is called the

Answer 18

Stomata

Question 19

When a seedling first starts to grow it usually has a fibrous root system that later becomes a tap root type system.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

In the term ‘source to sink movement’, the roots are the source and the fruit is the sink

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The term pinnate can be used to describe both the venation and compounding of a leaf.

Answer 21

False