Alabama OTPC Study Cards Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Five mains groups of pests. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Insects
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2. Snails and slugs
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3. Vertebrates
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4. Plant disease agents
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5. Weeds
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Pest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-living things that compete with human beings for
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food, fiber, and space or attach humans directly
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Hosts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-living plants or animals some pests depend on for
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survival
Name two identifying characteristics common to all adult insects - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Six jointed legs | |
Three body regions
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Two characteristics which aid in distinguishing one insect from another -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wings |
Mouthparts
,Explain the differences between the basic life cycles of insects - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Some change only in size as they develop | | | | | | |
Some change form slightly
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Some change completely in form and size
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Gradual Life Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Eggs - Nymph - Adult
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Also referred to "Simple"
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Complete Life Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Egg - Larva - Pupa - Adult
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Three characteristics of mites, ticks and spiders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Eight
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jointed legs |
Two body regions
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Lack wings
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List four types of vertebrate animals that can be pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
List types of living organisms that cause plant diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Fungi
Bacteria
, Viruses
Nematodes
List three main ways a plant responds to infection by a plant disease agent -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Overdevelopment of tissue
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Underdevelopment of tissue | |
Death of tissue
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Define weeds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Weeds are plants growing where thay are
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not wanted or in a way that is not desireable
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Characteristics of herbaceous grasses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-One leaf as the
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emerge
Leaves narrow and upright; veins parallel
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Fibrous root system| |
Growing point sheathed and under soil surface
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Growing point gradually moves above soil as plant matures
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Chracteristics of herbaceous broadleaves - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Two leaves as
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they emerge
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Leaves broad with net-like veins
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Exposed growing points at end of each stem
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Perennial broadleaved plant may have growing points on roots and stems below
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soil
With Correct Answers
Five mains groups of pests. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Insects
| | | | | | | |
2. Snails and slugs
| | |
3. Vertebrates
|
4. Plant disease agents
| | |
5. Weeds
|
Pest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-living things that compete with human beings for
| | | | | | | | | | |
food, fiber, and space or attach humans directly
| | | | | | |
Hosts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-living plants or animals some pests depend on for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
survival
Name two identifying characteristics common to all adult insects - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Six jointed legs | |
Three body regions
| |
Two characteristics which aid in distinguishing one insect from another -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wings |
Mouthparts
,Explain the differences between the basic life cycles of insects - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Some change only in size as they develop | | | | | | |
Some change form slightly
| | |
Some change completely in form and size
| | | | | |
Gradual Life Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Eggs - Nymph - Adult
| | | | | | | | |
Also referred to "Simple"
| | |
Complete Life Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Egg - Larva - Pupa - Adult
| | | | | | | | | | |
Three characteristics of mites, ticks and spiders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Eight
| | | | | | | | | |
jointed legs |
Two body regions
| |
Lack wings
|
List four types of vertebrate animals that can be pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
List types of living organisms that cause plant diseases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | |
Fungi
Bacteria
, Viruses
Nematodes
List three main ways a plant responds to infection by a plant disease agent -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Overdevelopment of tissue
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Underdevelopment of tissue | |
Death of tissue
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Define weeds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Weeds are plants growing where thay are
| | | | | | | | | | |
not wanted or in a way that is not desireable
| | | | | | | | |
Characteristics of herbaceous grasses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-One leaf as the
| | | | | | | | | |
emerge
Leaves narrow and upright; veins parallel
| | | | |
Fibrous root system| |
Growing point sheathed and under soil surface
| | | | | |
Growing point gradually moves above soil as plant matures
| | | | | | | |
Chracteristics of herbaceous broadleaves - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Two leaves as
| | | | | | | | |
they emerge
|
Leaves broad with net-like veins
| | | |
Exposed growing points at end of each stem
| | | | | | |
Perennial broadleaved plant may have growing points on roots and stems below
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soil
