Botanical Terms and Definitions: A Quiz on Plants, Quizzes of Gardening and Horticulture

Download Botanical Terms and Definitions: A Quiz on Plants and more Quizzes Gardening and Horticulture in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Q: Example of a gymnosperm with deciduous (opposite of evergreen) foliage? DEFINITION 1 A: Ginko TERM 2 Q: Leaflets are only part of a blank leaf? DEFINITION 2 A: Compound TERM 3 Q: Which evergreens have white bands? (are friendly, starts with f letter) DEFINITION 3 A: Firs TERM 4 Q: Multi-colored leaves that plants exhibit? DEFINITION 4 A: Variegated TERM 5 Q: Great groundcover for hot sunny conditions DEFINITION 5 A: Euonymus TERM 6 Q: decomposes fallen matter DEFINITION 6 A: saphrophitic fungi TERM 7 Q: increase in girth DEFINITION 7 A: cambiam tissure/meristem TERM 8 Q: under wet soil condition the knees of a tree provide DEFINITION 8 A: oxygen (plants roots need it) TERM 9 Q: major fir used in plywood and lumber DEFINITION 9 A: douglas fir TERM 10 on cool nights sugars are converted to: DEFINITION 10 A: anthcyonems TERM 21 process of fall leave coloration? DEFINITION 21 significant freeze is not wanted, but cooler nights are chlorphyll is breaking down start to see colors that have been mashed TERM 22 if you drive a nail into a fast growing tree 36 inches where will it be DEFINITION 22 the same spot, grows from terminal point outwards TERM 23 ice crystals on plants, can leave imprint in grass and hear the snapping of plant DEFINITION 23 hoary frost TERM 24 Growth regulators DEFINITION 24 AuxinGibberellin TERM 25 parthenocarpy DEFINITION 25 fruit development with no fertilization TERM 26 Ethylene DEFINITION 26 Accelerates ripeningstimulates flower buds TERM 27 anaerobic decomposition DEFINITION 27 when there is no oxygen, incredibly low pH levels