Agriculture and Plant Science Exam 1 Review

True/False Review Flashcards

Was Linnaeus from Germany?

False

Approximately what percentage of the population works in agriculture?

2%

Does respiration use carbon dioxide and release oxygen?

False

Is shattering the process of expelling seeds from the seed head?

True

Did wheat and rye originate in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East?

True

Were the Three Sisters and Chinampas used in the same area of the world?

False

Is soil health a consideration in regenerative agriculture?

True

Did historic agriculturalists practice artificial selection?

True

Do cereal grains and potatoes supply 95% of the world’s food calories?

False

Do all living organisms have a Latin or Scientific name?

True

Were early hunter-gatherers ignorant of plant uses?

False

Are Ginkgo trees gymnosperms?

True

Was the transition to agriculture rapid and occurred in only a few years?

False

Did potatoes originate in Ireland?

False

Are stroma pores on the leaf surface that can open and close to allow transpiration?

True

Are there 6 types of wheat, each grown for a different product?

True

Do respiration and transpiration occur all night and day in the plant?

True

Are Coneflowers the 'one brother' to the Three Sisters?

False

Are chinampas raised bed gardens on water?

True

Can natural selection be summed up by 'only the strong survive'?

True

Do plants in Asteraceae have two types of flowers: disk and ray?

True

Did corn originate in Mexico?

True

Are marigolds that reseed themselves every year perennials?

False

Is wheat a warm season crop?

False

Is Eastern Red Cedar the state tree of Oklahoma?

False

Can photosynthesis occur in darkness?

False

Are Angiosperms referred to as 'flowering plants'?

True

Is canola an oil crop?

True

Is Tracheophyta the kingdom for plants?

False

Does a biennial plant lives for five years?

False

Monocot Visual Identification

Parallel veins in the leaf

Dicot Visual Identification

Network veins and 5 flower petals