Plant Categories
Which is not a cereal grain crop?
Wheat, barley, oats, corn, rice
corn is not
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Which is not a part of a leaf?
tip
base
margin
edge
edge is not
What modern day way is used to combat mosquitos?
A. chemical control- sprays
B. biological control- other plants and animals
C. mechanical control- manual removal
A. chemical control
What is the process by which seeds sprout and begin to grow?
Germination
Separating the main part of the plant into smaller parts
division
What type of plant or weed completes its life cycle in one year or growing season?
Annual
Perennial
Biannual
Annual
What is the condition when a plant cell is swollen or stiffened because it is filled with water called?
A. Turgid
B. Flacid
Turgid (Turgur)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is used to kill insects?
insecticide
What is the series of processes in which light energy is converted into simple sugar called?
photosynthesis
When you need a sterile environment to grow the plant from a small plant cell sample.
tissue culture
What is the most important feed grain for livestock?
corn
What is the union of the pollen and the stigma?
pollination
What is not a stage of metamorphosis?
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult, Butterfly
butterfly
What part of the leaf contains chlorophyll used to carry out photosynthesis?
Chloroplast
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
When you place a medium (ex. moss) around the plant then place another part in the plant in it and wrap them together with plastic
air layering
What type of forage is cut and dried until it contains low moisture?
hay
Where does cell division on a root occur?
A. tip
B. all over
C. tip and the base
Tip
What is used to kill weeds
herbicide
process in which living cells take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, water, and energy
cellular respiration
Inserting a small bud into the bark to grow is called
budding
Wheat and rice are considered what category of crops
cereal grains
The ovary of a flower matures into what?
fruit
In general, how long does it take to breed a new variety of grass to resist the changing individuals of a given pest?
8 to 11 years
What is it called when water escapes through the stoma and evaporates
transpiration
Which plant reproduction method allows for the most genetic diversity?
growing seeds, pollination, or sexual reproduction