Quiz 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Conifers, such as pines and spruce, are gymnosperms.
True
All cell division takes place in meristematic tissue.
True
A dioecious plant would have male and female flowers on the same plant.
False
Most of the space in a cell is taken up by which organelle?
Vacuoles
The production and science of growing fruits is called:
Pomology
Which is not true about perennial plants.
They grow for two years then produce seeds and die.
Which of the following is not a modified stem.
Sweet Potato
Which physiological process releases energy for the plant to use in growth?
Respiration
A botanical name is made up of which two parts?
genus and species
Which of the following is not true about monocot plants?
They have two cotyledons
They energy produced by plants in photosynthesis is all used in the respiration.
False
Plants with ‘perfect’ or complete flowers (they have both the male and female parts in the same flower) can always pollinate and fertilize themselves.
False
Water for transpiration is conducted in an upward direction in the phloem.
False
Which of the following would not typically be considered a horticultural crop?
Wheat
Which of the following best describes arboriculture?
The care and culture of trees
Adventitious roots grow off of tap roots.
False
Adsorption is both an active and passive process.
True
The part of a plant where CO2 can enter a plant and oxygen and water can exit is called the
Stomata
When a seedling first starts to grow it usually has a fibrous root system that later becomes a tap root type system.
False
In the term ‘source to sink movement’, the roots are the source and the fruit is the sink
True
The term pinnate can be used to describe both the venation and compounding of a leaf.
False
