Botany Sample test questions

These questions will be similar to the ones on test 5 (Chapters 8, 14, 24 & 25).
1). How many times during its life does a biennial plant flower?
    a) once      b) twice     c) many times     d) never

2). What is an inflorescence? _______________________________________


3). Which type of inflorescence has flowers that form a flat surface?
    a) catkins    b) umbels   c) raceme     d) corymb


4). The fleshy tissue of a fruit is called the _____carp.


5). A Strawberry is an example of a:
    a) drupe      b) berry     c) multiple fruit     d) aggregate fruit

6). An olive is an example of a:  
    a) drupe      b) berry     c) multiple fruit     d) aggregate fruit

7).  A cucumber is an example of a:
    a) drupe      b) berry     c) multiple fruit     d) aggregate fruit


8).  What type of fruit does an orchid produce? _______________________


9).  Roughly how long have humans been farming? ________________


10). Roughly how old is our species (Homo sapiens)?
     a) 10,000 years          b) 150,000 years
     c) 1 million years       d) 6 million years


11). Wheat was first domesticated in:
     a) China       b) Peru      c) Middle East      d) Mexico


12). When was the "green revolution"? ____________________


13). Give an example of a self-pollinating crop: ____________________


14). What does "protoplast fusion" mean? ___________________________

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15). What is one problem with GM crops? __________________________________


16). What is a disadvantage of asexual propagation of crops?
    
     ____________________________________________________________________ 


17). Spices such as cinnamon and camphor are in the ____ family
     a) laurel      b) mustard      c) spurge      d)  nightshade


18). Which two pain killers are produced from poppies? ____________________


19). Cabbage and broccoli are in the _________________  family


20). Which family of plants includes mint, sage and basil? _________________


21). Explain what is meant by "crop rotation":

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22). Cucurbitaceae is commonly called the ___ family.
     a) mustard      b) spurge     c) cucumber     d) pumpkin


23). What is the average pH of rain in Jacksonville?
     a)  2.5         b) 3.5        c) 4.5         d) 5.5


24). What is one solution to reduce acid rain?

     ______________________________________________________________________


25). Which chemical does the fern Pteris soak up from the soil?

     ____________________________


26). What is an ecosystem? _________________________________________


27). After a forest is clearcut, the plants return in a ____ succession.
     a) primary      b) secondary      c) tertiary      d) quaternary 


28). The problem of "global warming" is caused by:
     a) carbon dioxide     b) CFCs      c) PCBs      d) UV light


29). If a mouse eats a grasshopper, the mouse is a:
     a) producer                 b) secondary consumer
     c) primary consumer         d) tertiary consumer


30). Why does it matter if a species becomes extinct? _____________________

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