HS 200 Final Exam questions with accurate
answers
"Rootone" is a material that can be applied to cuttings to help stimulate
adventitious rooting. Rootone is a synthetic version of a naturally
occurring plant hormone called: Ans✓✓✓ auxin
"Soil Building" is the key to gardening success, especially when planting
plants. The three "soil building" practices are: Ans✓✓✓ Cultivation,
incorporation, and invigoration
"Solar Friendly Plants" are plants that: Ans✓✓✓ Provide shade for
buildings in the summer, thus lowering cooling costs.
A biennial: Ans✓✓✓ Grows vegetatively the first year and then grows
reproductively the second year
A flower that has sepals, petals, and only a stamen is most correctly
termed: Ans✓✓✓ Staminate
A major advantage to cloning is: Ans✓✓✓ Limits genetic diversity
A major function of roots is: Ans✓✓✓ anchorage
A mature flower ovary is called a: Ans✓✓✓ fruit
,A plant organ that arises from an abnormal place is called: Ans✓✓✓
adventitious
A sweet potato is a modified root called a Ans✓✓✓ tuberous root
Air layering is a great way to stimulate rooting of many woody trees and
shrubs such as gardenia. How long does it generally take to produce
roots on an air layer in a landscape? Ans✓✓✓ about 3 months
All imperfect flower are incomplete: Ans✓✓✓ agree
An example of a self-incompatible plant that requires home garden
attention would be: Ans✓✓✓ apple
An example of a sub-tropical plant would be: Ans✓✓✓ lemon
An ideal soil is: Ans✓✓✓ 45% mineral, 5% organic, 25% water, and
25% air
An important concept learned from the sneaker illustration is that:
Ans✓✓✓ There can be variation within a species.
An Irish (white) potato is a plant that produces a modifies secondary
root called a: Ans✓✓✓ Irish potatoes are not roots, they are modified
stems called tubers.
, Answer questions #41-45 on test 1 Ans✓✓✓
Are all tap roots primary roots Ans✓✓✓ yes
Bamboo, Snake plant, and Ginger are three kinds of plants that produce
modified stems called: Ans✓✓✓ rhizomes
Beans are in the Subclass Dicotyledonae. How are they different from
plants in Monocotyledonae (corn)? Ans✓✓✓ Dicots have broad leaves
with reticulate venation, where monocots have linear leaves with parallel
venation.
Cation exchange capacity is defined as: Ans✓✓✓ ability of a soil to
hold nutrients against the forces of leaching.
Cation exchange capacity is defined as: Ans✓✓✓ The ability of a soil
to hold nutrients against the forces of leaching.
Cercis canadensis alba 'Big Daddy"
- 'Big Daddy' is the: Ans✓✓✓ cultivar epithet
Cercis canadensis alba 'Big Daddy"
answers
"Rootone" is a material that can be applied to cuttings to help stimulate
adventitious rooting. Rootone is a synthetic version of a naturally
occurring plant hormone called: Ans✓✓✓ auxin
"Soil Building" is the key to gardening success, especially when planting
plants. The three "soil building" practices are: Ans✓✓✓ Cultivation,
incorporation, and invigoration
"Solar Friendly Plants" are plants that: Ans✓✓✓ Provide shade for
buildings in the summer, thus lowering cooling costs.
A biennial: Ans✓✓✓ Grows vegetatively the first year and then grows
reproductively the second year
A flower that has sepals, petals, and only a stamen is most correctly
termed: Ans✓✓✓ Staminate
A major advantage to cloning is: Ans✓✓✓ Limits genetic diversity
A major function of roots is: Ans✓✓✓ anchorage
A mature flower ovary is called a: Ans✓✓✓ fruit
,A plant organ that arises from an abnormal place is called: Ans✓✓✓
adventitious
A sweet potato is a modified root called a Ans✓✓✓ tuberous root
Air layering is a great way to stimulate rooting of many woody trees and
shrubs such as gardenia. How long does it generally take to produce
roots on an air layer in a landscape? Ans✓✓✓ about 3 months
All imperfect flower are incomplete: Ans✓✓✓ agree
An example of a self-incompatible plant that requires home garden
attention would be: Ans✓✓✓ apple
An example of a sub-tropical plant would be: Ans✓✓✓ lemon
An ideal soil is: Ans✓✓✓ 45% mineral, 5% organic, 25% water, and
25% air
An important concept learned from the sneaker illustration is that:
Ans✓✓✓ There can be variation within a species.
An Irish (white) potato is a plant that produces a modifies secondary
root called a: Ans✓✓✓ Irish potatoes are not roots, they are modified
stems called tubers.
, Answer questions #41-45 on test 1 Ans✓✓✓
Are all tap roots primary roots Ans✓✓✓ yes
Bamboo, Snake plant, and Ginger are three kinds of plants that produce
modified stems called: Ans✓✓✓ rhizomes
Beans are in the Subclass Dicotyledonae. How are they different from
plants in Monocotyledonae (corn)? Ans✓✓✓ Dicots have broad leaves
with reticulate venation, where monocots have linear leaves with parallel
venation.
Cation exchange capacity is defined as: Ans✓✓✓ ability of a soil to
hold nutrients against the forces of leaching.
Cation exchange capacity is defined as: Ans✓✓✓ The ability of a soil
to hold nutrients against the forces of leaching.
Cercis canadensis alba 'Big Daddy"
- 'Big Daddy' is the: Ans✓✓✓ cultivar epithet
Cercis canadensis alba 'Big Daddy"
