CSES 1020 David Han Exam 1-Auburn
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What is the basic definition of a crop? - Correct Answers
✅Plants grown for a specific intended use by humans
What is an Annual Plant? - Correct Answers ✅-complete
their entire life cycle in one year or growing season
-the vast majority of plants used as crops are annuals OR
managed as annuals
-we do have some additional specialization of these annuals
what is a biennial plant? - Correct Answers ✅•Germinate
•Grow vegetatively for ONE YEAR.
•Then, in the second year they go into the reproductive
phase.
•The flower is typically large and showy. This is Year 2.
•Die in Year 2.
•I cannot think of any crop plants that are purposely grown as
biennals.
•Carrots are biennal - but we manage as an annual.
what is a perennial plant? - Correct Answers ✅•Germinate
at some point.
•Then, live more than 2 years.
•Forage, fruit, turfgrass and tree crops are managed as
perennials.
,CSES 1020 David Han Exam 1-Auburn
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•We have some crops that are actually perennials (cotton,
strawberries) but we manage as an annual.
•Perennial weeds can be very hard to control with herbicides.
Whats the difference between a short-day and a long-day
plant? - Correct Answers ✅-long day-plants flowers only
when day length is more than about 12 hours
-short day-plants flowers only when day length is less than
bout 12 hours
What does a grass plant look like(characteristics)? - Correct
Answers ✅-simple flowers
-leaves alternate on each side of the stem
-fibrous roots
-jointed, hollow stems
-stems are unbranched
-leaves are longer than wider and veins are parallel to leaf
margins
What are the characteristics of broadleaves? - Correct
Answers ✅-Flowers are showy and will have petals and
sepals
-Leaves wider than longer, and veins are arranged in a "net"
fashion
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-Often a tap root
-Stems are solid and contain pith or fluid
-Stems are round
-Leaves branch off in various multiples on petioles
How can you tell a sedge from a grass? - Correct Answers
✅-3 ranked leaves
-triangular stems ("sedges have edges")
-can also be very hard to control weeds
"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, grasses have nodes
from the top to the ground."
What are the 4 types of stems? - Correct Answers ✅1.
crown: highly compressed stem; at the base of the plant,
below soil. has nodes and internodes
2. stolon: aboveground lateral stem
3. rhizome: below ground lateral stem
4. culm: stem to support the inflorescence (seedhead)
-all stems have nodes and internodes. growth occurs at the
nodes
All growth comes from what part of the stem? - Correct
Answers ✅- occurs from nodes; internode is the distance
from node to node
Exam Questions and Answers (Solved
Papers)
What is the basic definition of a crop? - Correct Answers
✅Plants grown for a specific intended use by humans
What is an Annual Plant? - Correct Answers ✅-complete
their entire life cycle in one year or growing season
-the vast majority of plants used as crops are annuals OR
managed as annuals
-we do have some additional specialization of these annuals
what is a biennial plant? - Correct Answers ✅•Germinate
•Grow vegetatively for ONE YEAR.
•Then, in the second year they go into the reproductive
phase.
•The flower is typically large and showy. This is Year 2.
•Die in Year 2.
•I cannot think of any crop plants that are purposely grown as
biennals.
•Carrots are biennal - but we manage as an annual.
what is a perennial plant? - Correct Answers ✅•Germinate
at some point.
•Then, live more than 2 years.
•Forage, fruit, turfgrass and tree crops are managed as
perennials.
,CSES 1020 David Han Exam 1-Auburn
Exam Questions and Answers (Solved
Papers)
•We have some crops that are actually perennials (cotton,
strawberries) but we manage as an annual.
•Perennial weeds can be very hard to control with herbicides.
Whats the difference between a short-day and a long-day
plant? - Correct Answers ✅-long day-plants flowers only
when day length is more than about 12 hours
-short day-plants flowers only when day length is less than
bout 12 hours
What does a grass plant look like(characteristics)? - Correct
Answers ✅-simple flowers
-leaves alternate on each side of the stem
-fibrous roots
-jointed, hollow stems
-stems are unbranched
-leaves are longer than wider and veins are parallel to leaf
margins
What are the characteristics of broadleaves? - Correct
Answers ✅-Flowers are showy and will have petals and
sepals
-Leaves wider than longer, and veins are arranged in a "net"
fashion
, CSES 1020 David Han Exam 1-Auburn
Exam Questions and Answers (Solved
Papers)
-Often a tap root
-Stems are solid and contain pith or fluid
-Stems are round
-Leaves branch off in various multiples on petioles
How can you tell a sedge from a grass? - Correct Answers
✅-3 ranked leaves
-triangular stems ("sedges have edges")
-can also be very hard to control weeds
"Sedges have edges, rushes are round, grasses have nodes
from the top to the ground."
What are the 4 types of stems? - Correct Answers ✅1.
crown: highly compressed stem; at the base of the plant,
below soil. has nodes and internodes
2. stolon: aboveground lateral stem
3. rhizome: below ground lateral stem
4. culm: stem to support the inflorescence (seedhead)
-all stems have nodes and internodes. growth occurs at the
nodes
All growth comes from what part of the stem? - Correct
Answers ✅- occurs from nodes; internode is the distance
from node to node
