CSES 1020 with Dr. Guertal – Exam 2 Study Pack & Practice Questions & Answers. 2025/26
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About This Resource:
This CSES 1020 Exam 2 Study Guide is tailored to help students prepare for the second major exam in
Dr. Guertal’s class. It focuses on important topics like soil fertility, pH, nutrient management, irrigation
methods, and water relations in soils. The guide includes practice questions, key terms, and concept
summaries, providing everything you need to perform your best on the exam.
Africa - ✔✔-Where else are sweet onions grown?
All parts (stalks, leaves, seeds, and roots) - ✔✔-What other parts of the celery plant can be eaten?
an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to
prevent soil depletion. Famous for peanuts - ✔✔-Who was Dr. George Washington Carver
Anything not from the reproductive part of a plant - ✔✔-Botanically what is a vegetable?
Boll Weevil - ✔✔-What pest of cotton caused crop diversity in the South
California - ✔✔-Number 1 state in produced lettuce
Coconuts and from the husk of the coconut - ✔✔-From what plant and plant part do we get coir from?
Coir, cotton, and luffa - ✔✔-What are 3 seed/fruit fibers?
Corn - ✔✔-What crop was co-produced with cotton to feed the workers and livestock?
Corn, squash, and beans (pole beans)
Grown together because they all help each other grow - ✔✔-What are the "three sisters" and why are they
grown together?
, Cotton - ✔✔-What plant was originally used to make canvas?
Cotton gin - ✔✔-What invention made growing cotton profitable in the South
Cucurbits - ✔✔-What plant family is luffa apart of?
Cutting them away from the stalk when the head is still firm
Field-packaged - ✔✔-How is head lettuce harvest and packaged?
Developed in seedpod of the plant from which it must be separated to be used? - ✔✔-What is a seed/fruit
fiber?
Egypt - ✔✔-In what country did papyrus first used for fiber?
Fiber from the skin or inner part of the stem - ✔✔-What is bast fiber?
Fibers are steeped in slow running water for 10-30 days
Allows bacteria to dissolve gummy material holding fibers together - ✔✔-What is retting?
Green manure - is a crop grown specifically to be tilled into the soil while still growing
Cover crop - protection against soil erosion, left to grown and die during the non-growing season - ✔✔-
What is the difference between a cover crop and a green manure?
Head (iceberg) and lead (romaine, butterhead, and leaf type) lettuce - ✔✔-What are the two major types
of lettuce?
Help in war economy in making rope, clothing, and canvas - ✔✔-Why do US gov. promote domestic
hemp growing during WW2?
Huntseville - ✔✔-Where was watercress widely grown in Alabama?
UPDATES.
About This Resource:
This CSES 1020 Exam 2 Study Guide is tailored to help students prepare for the second major exam in
Dr. Guertal’s class. It focuses on important topics like soil fertility, pH, nutrient management, irrigation
methods, and water relations in soils. The guide includes practice questions, key terms, and concept
summaries, providing everything you need to perform your best on the exam.
Africa - ✔✔-Where else are sweet onions grown?
All parts (stalks, leaves, seeds, and roots) - ✔✔-What other parts of the celery plant can be eaten?
an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to
prevent soil depletion. Famous for peanuts - ✔✔-Who was Dr. George Washington Carver
Anything not from the reproductive part of a plant - ✔✔-Botanically what is a vegetable?
Boll Weevil - ✔✔-What pest of cotton caused crop diversity in the South
California - ✔✔-Number 1 state in produced lettuce
Coconuts and from the husk of the coconut - ✔✔-From what plant and plant part do we get coir from?
Coir, cotton, and luffa - ✔✔-What are 3 seed/fruit fibers?
Corn - ✔✔-What crop was co-produced with cotton to feed the workers and livestock?
Corn, squash, and beans (pole beans)
Grown together because they all help each other grow - ✔✔-What are the "three sisters" and why are they
grown together?
, Cotton - ✔✔-What plant was originally used to make canvas?
Cotton gin - ✔✔-What invention made growing cotton profitable in the South
Cucurbits - ✔✔-What plant family is luffa apart of?
Cutting them away from the stalk when the head is still firm
Field-packaged - ✔✔-How is head lettuce harvest and packaged?
Developed in seedpod of the plant from which it must be separated to be used? - ✔✔-What is a seed/fruit
fiber?
Egypt - ✔✔-In what country did papyrus first used for fiber?
Fiber from the skin or inner part of the stem - ✔✔-What is bast fiber?
Fibers are steeped in slow running water for 10-30 days
Allows bacteria to dissolve gummy material holding fibers together - ✔✔-What is retting?
Green manure - is a crop grown specifically to be tilled into the soil while still growing
Cover crop - protection against soil erosion, left to grown and die during the non-growing season - ✔✔-
What is the difference between a cover crop and a green manure?
Head (iceberg) and lead (romaine, butterhead, and leaf type) lettuce - ✔✔-What are the two major types
of lettuce?
Help in war economy in making rope, clothing, and canvas - ✔✔-Why do US gov. promote domestic
hemp growing during WW2?
Huntseville - ✔✔-Where was watercress widely grown in Alabama?
