Hort 1 - Unit 4

Vegetative growth is the growth of:

• Flowers and fruits.

• Fruits and roots.

• Leaves, stems and, roots

• Roots, seeds and flowers.

The plant process by which all food is manufactured is:

• absorption

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• translocation

When a plant first begins growing from a seed, the stage of growth is:

• dormant

• juvenile

• mature

• reproductive

Plant roots take water from the soil through the process of:

• absorption

• photosynthesis

• reproduction

• respiration

When compared to the amount of oxygen produced in the process of photosynthesis, the amount of oxygen used in plant respiration is:

• about the same

• less

• more

• much more

In which stage of growth do plants rest or grow very little?

• dormant

• intermediate

• juvenile

• reproductive

The MAIN product of photosynthesis is:

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Sugar

• Water

The byproduct of photosynthesis is:

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Water

The process of moving synthesized and absorbed food and nutrients within the plant is:

• photsynthesis

• respiration

• reproduction

• translocation

Jenny needs to construct some beds to use for rooting azalea cuttings. How deep should the rooting media be?

• 1 inch

• 4 inches

• 12 inches

• 224 inches