Master Gardener Handbook Quiz on Chapter 3, Botany
Questions
1) The tissues that allow a plant to continue growing
throughout its life are called ________.
2) Roots have several functions, EXCEPT:
a. absorb water and nutrients
b. contain nodes and shoots
c. support the stem
d. store food
3) The site of much photosynthesis is the stem.
True____
False_____
4) Needles are modified leaves.
True_____
False____
5) A holly that has male and female parts located on
different plants is an example of a ____________plant.
6) All seeds need light to germinate.
True______
False_______
7) Yucca plants can be pollinated only by:
a. butterflies
b. bees
c. moths
d. gnats
8) Evergreen trees and shrubs lose and replace some
leaves and needles every year.
True_____
False_____
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9) Dicots have the following characteristics, EXCEPT (
a.
b.
c.
d.
Two leaves emerge from the seed.
Leaves are wide.
Stems’ vascular bundles are scattered throughout.
There may be secondary growth.
10)
Maryland is in zones ____ - ____ of the USDA
Hardiness-Zone Map.
11)
Latin binomial plant names were designed by
__________ in the 18th century.
a. Charles Darwin
b. Gregor Mendel
c. Carl Linnaeus
d. Louis Pasteur
12)
The plant kingdom, which contains all plants on
earth, is first divided into groups or divisions called:
a. Orders
b. Species
c. Classes
d. Phyla
13) Plant growth and development require 3 main metabolic
processes: photosynthesis, respiration, and
_______________.
14) Seed germination, flowering, and root growth respond to
the blue wavelengths of light.
True_______
False_____
15) A plant that is engineered and farmed to produce a
protein used by the pharmaceutical industry is referred to as
a _______________,
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Revised for 2012
Master Gardener Handbook Quiz on Chapter 3, Botany
Answers
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1) meristems
28
2) b. (They lack nodes and shoots.)
28
3) False (the leaf)
30
4) True
31
5) dioecious (Greek for “two houses”)
32
6) False (Some germinate in the dark.)
34
7) c. moths
36
8) True
37
9) c. (Vascular bundles are arranged in a ring.)
37
10) 6a to 7b
38
11) c. Linnaeus
38
12) d. Phyla
39
13) transpiration
42
14) False (red wavelengths)
44
15) pharmacrop or plant-based pharmaceutical
45
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