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Arborist Certification Test Prep Exam
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meristems - ✔✔site of rapid cell division in the shoot tips, root tips, and
cambium:
apical - ✔✔meristems located at the end of the shoots are called primary,
or _________________ meristems
apical dominance - ✔✔the tendency for terminal buds to inhibit the growth
of lateral buds is called ________________
leaves - ✔✔the food factories of trees are the ______________
photosynthesis - ✔✔the process of ______________ combines carbon
dioxide and water in a reaction driven by light to produce sugars...also
produces oxygen
chlorophyll - ✔✔the green color of leaves is created by the presence of
_____________, which is necessary for photosynth to take place
transpiration - ✔✔the loss of water vapor from leaves
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stomata - ✔✔the opening and closing of _____________ allow for gas
exchange
guard cells - ✔✔transpiration is controlled by ___________
xylem - ✔✔water and dissolved essential minerals are transported within
the tree in the ______________
phloem - ✔✔carbohydrates are conducted through the tree in the
____________
cambium - ✔✔the ____________ is a layer of meristematic cells located
between the phloem and xylem
branch collar - ✔✔the _____________ _______________ is formed when
trunk tissue grows around branch tissues.
branch bark ridge - ✔✔as branch and trunk tissues expand against each
other int he branch union, the ______________ _______________
_____________is formed
bark - ✔✔______________ protects the branches and trunk of a tree from
mechanical injury and desiccation
osmosis - ✔✔water enters young roots or mycorrhizal roots in part, by a
process called _____________
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tropism - ✔✔the orientation of growth in response to an external stimulus is
called ______________
compartmentalization od decay in trees - ✔✔CODIT stands for
_____________
excurrent - ✔✔trees with upright growth and strong central leader are
______________
decurrent - ✔✔trees with rounded, broader multi-leader growth habit are
______________
mycorrhizae - ✔✔roots and fungi form _____________
respiration - ✔✔the process by which chemical energy, stored as sugar
and starch, is released is called _______________
deciduous - ✔✔trees that lose their leaves in the autumn
evergreen - ✔✔trees that maintain their leaves for more than one year
taxonomy - ✔✔the classification of plants
angiosperms - ✔✔plants whose seeds are covered (not conifers)
gymnosperms - ✔✔plants with naked seeds (conifers)
dicotyledon (dicot) - ✔✔plants with two seed leaves at germination
Arborist Certification Test Prep Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
meristems - ✔✔site of rapid cell division in the shoot tips, root tips, and
cambium:
apical - ✔✔meristems located at the end of the shoots are called primary,
or _________________ meristems
apical dominance - ✔✔the tendency for terminal buds to inhibit the growth
of lateral buds is called ________________
leaves - ✔✔the food factories of trees are the ______________
photosynthesis - ✔✔the process of ______________ combines carbon
dioxide and water in a reaction driven by light to produce sugars...also
produces oxygen
chlorophyll - ✔✔the green color of leaves is created by the presence of
_____________, which is necessary for photosynth to take place
transpiration - ✔✔the loss of water vapor from leaves
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stomata - ✔✔the opening and closing of _____________ allow for gas
exchange
guard cells - ✔✔transpiration is controlled by ___________
xylem - ✔✔water and dissolved essential minerals are transported within
the tree in the ______________
phloem - ✔✔carbohydrates are conducted through the tree in the
____________
cambium - ✔✔the ____________ is a layer of meristematic cells located
between the phloem and xylem
branch collar - ✔✔the _____________ _______________ is formed when
trunk tissue grows around branch tissues.
branch bark ridge - ✔✔as branch and trunk tissues expand against each
other int he branch union, the ______________ _______________
_____________is formed
bark - ✔✔______________ protects the branches and trunk of a tree from
mechanical injury and desiccation
osmosis - ✔✔water enters young roots or mycorrhizal roots in part, by a
process called _____________
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tropism - ✔✔the orientation of growth in response to an external stimulus is
called ______________
compartmentalization od decay in trees - ✔✔CODIT stands for
_____________
excurrent - ✔✔trees with upright growth and strong central leader are
______________
decurrent - ✔✔trees with rounded, broader multi-leader growth habit are
______________
mycorrhizae - ✔✔roots and fungi form _____________
respiration - ✔✔the process by which chemical energy, stored as sugar
and starch, is released is called _______________
deciduous - ✔✔trees that lose their leaves in the autumn
evergreen - ✔✔trees that maintain their leaves for more than one year
taxonomy - ✔✔the classification of plants
angiosperms - ✔✔plants whose seeds are covered (not conifers)
gymnosperms - ✔✔plants with naked seeds (conifers)
dicotyledon (dicot) - ✔✔plants with two seed leaves at germination
