Horticulture

Which of the following characteristics does NOT describe the Plant Variety Protection Act?

Allows the patenting of asexually reproduced cultivars

Which of the following best describes decomposers?

Any organisms which primarily feed on dead organisms or waste from living organisms

Kingdom Monera can be further divided into which of the following categories, known as domains?

Archaebacteria and eubacteria

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe weeds?

Are mainly human inventions which have been selected for particular traits

Which of the following does NOT describe botanical nomenclature?

Assigns plants with an informal name which cannot cross language barriers easily

Which of the following is the correct botanical nomenclature for a plant with the genus Bellis and the species perennis?

Bellis perennis

Which of the following is another name for a non-vascular plant?

Bryophyte

Which of the following is a form of classification based on the branching pattern of evolution?

Cladistics

Which of the following plant cells contain thicker primary cell walls which have an uneven thicknes

Collenchyma cells

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of weeds?

Dependent on humans for propagation

Which of the following is NOT considered a plant organ?

Flowers

Which of the following best describes a dichotomous key?

Identifies plants by a series of choices between pairs of alternatives

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of weeds?

Increase crop yields

Which of the following does NOT describe an organ system?

It is made up of organs which act independently to achieve a common purpose

Which of the following is the most general taxon used in classifying organisms?

Kingdom

Which of the following is the correct order of the taxonomic hierarchy?

Kingdom, division, class, order, family, genus, species

Which of the following is another term used for leaf edges?

Leaf margin

Which of the following terms best describes the pattern in which leaf veins are organized?

Leaf venation

Which of the following is the most common plant part used to identify plants?

Leaves

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a monocot?

Major leaf veins reticulated

Which of the following kingdoms does NOT contain multicellular organisms?

Monera

Which of the following is NOT a type of tissue found in plants?

Non-living

Invasive plants are also known as which of the following?

Non-native

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of plants?

Organisms which feed on dead organisms or waste from living organisms

Which type of cell is most likely to remain totipotent?

Parenchyma cells

Which of the following is NOT a cause for biennial plants completing their life cycle in one year?

Plants growing too large

Which of the following roles do plants mainly assume in an ecosystem?

Producers

Which of the following plant parts is NOT used to classify plants?

Roots

Which of the following terms refers to the groupings of plants which consistently produce plants of the same typ

Species

Which of the following is NOT a reason why native plants are better for the environment?

They are introduced to an environment where they did not evolve but quickly adapt to it

Which of the following is a characteristic of plantae individuals?

They are multicellular and most do not move

Which of the following best describes angiosperms?

They produce seeds which are encased by an outer layer such as fruit.

Which of the following best describes vascular tissue?

Transports food, water, hormones and minerals throughout the plant

Gymnosperms are classified as which of the following?

Vascular

Which of the following plant types makes up about 80 percent of all plants?

Vascular plants