Tennessee Category 3 Certification
Practice (Complete) Test Exam With
Correct Verified Answers Graded A+
The basic building blocks of plants are:
(a) leaves
(b) cells
(c) tissues
(d) nomenclature
(b) cells
Which of the following facts about plant buds is not
true?
(a) buds are embryonic stems
(b) buds at the tip of stems are called terminal buds
(c) buds along the stem are called lateral buds
(d) buds serve as a point of attachment for leaves
(d) buds serve as a point of attachment for leaves
Xylem AND phloem transport (in order):
(a) water AND carbohydrates
(b) water AND cork cambium
(c) carbohydrates AND water
(d) organic nutrients AND dissolved minerals
(a) water AND carbohydrates
All of the following are part of a leaf except:
(a) the stomata
(b) the apical meristem
(c) the epidermis
(d) the mesophyll
,(b) the apical meristem
The root does not serve as:
(a) an anchor for the plant
(b) a site of uptake for moisture and nutrients
(c) a reproductive organ
(d) a storage site for carbohydrates
(c) a reproductive organ
The female component of a flower is the:
(a) pistil
(b) receptacle
(c) stamen
(d) corolla
(a) pistil
A perfect or complete flower contains:
(a) a pistil only
(b) a stamen only
(c) an even number of petals
(d) a pistil and stamen
(d) a pistil and stamen
A fruit is:
(a) composed of the stamen
(b) a mature, ripened ovary
(c) produced by a dioecious plant only
(d) not a reproductive structure
(b) a mature, ripened ovary
Food storage structures of seeds include:
(a) the seed coat
(b) the embryo
(c) cotyledons and endosperm
(d) fat bodies
(c) cotyledons and endosperm
,New plants are produced:
(a) from germinating seed only
(b) when photosynthesis begins
(c) after water and mineral uptake occur
(d) from germinating seed and adventitious root and
shoot pieces
(d) from germinating seed and adventitious root and
shoot pieces
The primary function of chlorophyll is:
(a) to absorb sunlight and convert it to chemical
energy
(b) to convert glucose to starch
(c) to convert carbon dioxide and water to energy
(d) to make leaves green
(a) to absorb sunlight and convert it to chemical
energy
Which of the following is not a fundamental process
of plant growth at the cellular level?
(a) cell transformation
(b) cell differentiation
(c) cell enlargement
(d) mitosis
(a) cell transformation
Which group of plant growth hormones promotes cell
enlargement?
(a) cytokinesis
(b) gibberellins
(c) auxins
(d) ethylene
(b) gibberellins
, The three nutrients that are most important for plant
fertilization are:
(a) nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium
(b) phosphorus, calcium and ethylene
(c) sulfur, calcium and nitrogen
(d) potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen
(d) potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen
Which of the following is the correct form of the
scientific name (genus and species) for annual
bluegrass?
(a) poa annua
(b) Poa Annua
(c) Poa annua (italicized)
(d) Poa annua
(c) Poa annua (italicized)
If a plant name is proceeded by "cv.", you know:
(a) the name is the cultivar name
(b) the plant is disease resistant
(c) the plant is a hybrid
(d) the plant was grown in Central Virginia
(a) the name is the cultivar name
A summer annual:
(a) germinates in the summer and dies the following
summer
(b) germinates in the fall and dies in the summer
(c) germinates in the spring and dies in the fall
(d) lives longer than a biennial
(c) germinates in the spring and dies in the fall
A deciduous plant is one that:
(a) retains its younger leaves throughout the year
(b) drops all of its leaves at the end of the growing
Practice (Complete) Test Exam With
Correct Verified Answers Graded A+
The basic building blocks of plants are:
(a) leaves
(b) cells
(c) tissues
(d) nomenclature
(b) cells
Which of the following facts about plant buds is not
true?
(a) buds are embryonic stems
(b) buds at the tip of stems are called terminal buds
(c) buds along the stem are called lateral buds
(d) buds serve as a point of attachment for leaves
(d) buds serve as a point of attachment for leaves
Xylem AND phloem transport (in order):
(a) water AND carbohydrates
(b) water AND cork cambium
(c) carbohydrates AND water
(d) organic nutrients AND dissolved minerals
(a) water AND carbohydrates
All of the following are part of a leaf except:
(a) the stomata
(b) the apical meristem
(c) the epidermis
(d) the mesophyll
,(b) the apical meristem
The root does not serve as:
(a) an anchor for the plant
(b) a site of uptake for moisture and nutrients
(c) a reproductive organ
(d) a storage site for carbohydrates
(c) a reproductive organ
The female component of a flower is the:
(a) pistil
(b) receptacle
(c) stamen
(d) corolla
(a) pistil
A perfect or complete flower contains:
(a) a pistil only
(b) a stamen only
(c) an even number of petals
(d) a pistil and stamen
(d) a pistil and stamen
A fruit is:
(a) composed of the stamen
(b) a mature, ripened ovary
(c) produced by a dioecious plant only
(d) not a reproductive structure
(b) a mature, ripened ovary
Food storage structures of seeds include:
(a) the seed coat
(b) the embryo
(c) cotyledons and endosperm
(d) fat bodies
(c) cotyledons and endosperm
,New plants are produced:
(a) from germinating seed only
(b) when photosynthesis begins
(c) after water and mineral uptake occur
(d) from germinating seed and adventitious root and
shoot pieces
(d) from germinating seed and adventitious root and
shoot pieces
The primary function of chlorophyll is:
(a) to absorb sunlight and convert it to chemical
energy
(b) to convert glucose to starch
(c) to convert carbon dioxide and water to energy
(d) to make leaves green
(a) to absorb sunlight and convert it to chemical
energy
Which of the following is not a fundamental process
of plant growth at the cellular level?
(a) cell transformation
(b) cell differentiation
(c) cell enlargement
(d) mitosis
(a) cell transformation
Which group of plant growth hormones promotes cell
enlargement?
(a) cytokinesis
(b) gibberellins
(c) auxins
(d) ethylene
(b) gibberellins
, The three nutrients that are most important for plant
fertilization are:
(a) nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium
(b) phosphorus, calcium and ethylene
(c) sulfur, calcium and nitrogen
(d) potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen
(d) potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen
Which of the following is the correct form of the
scientific name (genus and species) for annual
bluegrass?
(a) poa annua
(b) Poa Annua
(c) Poa annua (italicized)
(d) Poa annua
(c) Poa annua (italicized)
If a plant name is proceeded by "cv.", you know:
(a) the name is the cultivar name
(b) the plant is disease resistant
(c) the plant is a hybrid
(d) the plant was grown in Central Virginia
(a) the name is the cultivar name
A summer annual:
(a) germinates in the summer and dies the following
summer
(b) germinates in the fall and dies in the summer
(c) germinates in the spring and dies in the fall
(d) lives longer than a biennial
(c) germinates in the spring and dies in the fall
A deciduous plant is one that:
(a) retains its younger leaves throughout the year
(b) drops all of its leaves at the end of the growing
