Final Exam

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Front (Question)

Define Short-day plants

Back (Answer)

Flower when the light period is shorter than a specified length.

Front (Question)

Define Long-day plants

Back (Answer)

Flower when the dark period is shorter than the specified length.

Front (Question)

Define Day-neutral plants

Back (Answer)

Require no specific day length for flower initiation.

Front (Question)

Identify the important chemical properties of growing media.

Back (Answer)

pH and electrical conductivity

Front (Question)

Salinity is the measure of the concentrations of carbonates and bicarbonates in irrigation water.

Back (Answer)

False

Front (Question)

Soil media and foliar testing are two methods used for monitoring the nutrient status of a plant.

Back (Answer)

True

Front (Question)

Bactericide controls what??

Back (Answer)

controls Erwinia.

Front (Question)

Fungicide controls what??

Back (Answer)

controls Pythium.

Front (Question)

IPHM controls what??

Back (Answer)

controls insects and diseases through surveillance, preventive measures, and corrective actions.

#10

Front (Question)

The carbon cycle starts with _________________

Back (Answer)

Photosynthesis

#11

Front (Question)

During photosynthesis, oxygen is produced from _________

Back (Answer)

Water

#12

Front (Question)

In what cycle is carbon dioxide reduced to carbohydrate?

Back (Answer)

Calvin cycle

#13

Front (Question)

___________ is derived from the remaining glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate molecule.

Back (Answer)

Glucose

#14

Front (Question)

____________ is needed in relatively large quantities due to its use in metabolism.

Back (Answer)

Phosphorus

#15

Front (Question)

Chloroplasts absorb mostly the _______ and ________ portions of the light spectrum and reflect the _________ portion.

Back (Answer)

Absorb red and blue but reflect green

#16

Front (Question)

If you are supplementing with artificial light, which light portions should you insure bulbs emit?

Back (Answer)

Red and blue wavelengths

#17

Front (Question)

What percentage of the solar energy reaching the earth’s surface is used directly in photosynthesis?

Back (Answer)

#18

Front (Question)

Photosynthetic activity approximately doubles for each _______ increase in temperature for many plant species.

Back (Answer)

10 degrees C

#19

Front (Question)

Water vapor and CO2 leave and enter the plant through the _____________.

Back (Answer)

Stomates

#20

Front (Question)

The first step in plant respiration occurs in the _____________ and the second and third step occurs in the ________________.

Back (Answer)

Cell cytoplasm and mitochondria

#21

Front (Question)

To overcome an infertile dry soil, ____________ and _____________ must be subsidized.

Back (Answer)

Fertilizers and water

#22

Front (Question)

Determinate

Back (Answer)

growth of individual shoot ends in a flower.

#23

Front (Question)

Stolons

Back (Answer)

horizontal creeping stems from the axillary bud that grow over the surface of the ground.

#24

Front (Question)

Rhizomes

Back (Answer)

horizontal creeping stems from the axillary bud that grow below the surface of the ground.