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ALABAMA OTPC SQUESTIONS WITH 100% 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 Underdevelopment of tissue Death of tissue Define weeds CORRECT ANSWER Weeds are plants growing where they are not wanted or in a way that is not desirable 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 Characteristics 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 soil Characteristics of woody plants CORRECT ANSWER brush and shrubs having several stems and less that 10 feet tall Trees - single stem and greater than 10 feet tall Annuals CORRECT ANSWER complete life cycle in less than 12 months Explain the developmental stages of plants CORRECT ANSWER Seedkubg - small with seed leaves present Vegetative rapid growth of stems, roots, and foliage. Water and nutrient uptake rapid Seed production - little or no growth; produces fruit. Water and nutrient uptake and movement slow and directed to reproductive parts Maturity - little or no growth. Movement of water and nutrients slow. Biennials CORRECT ANSWER complete life cycle in 2 years Perennials CORRECT ANSWER live more than 2 years; ma live indefinitely Winter vs. Summer Annuals CORRECT ANSWER Winter annuals germinate in the fall, examples: cheat chickweed, henbit, little barley, annual bluegrass and wild mustard. Spring annuals germinate in the spring, examples: ragweed, crabgrass, partridge pea, pigweed and spotted spurge Examples of Biennials CORRECT ANSWER thistle, common mullein, wild carrot, and false dandelion