How can Tracie reduce stress on greenhouse-produced seedlings at transplanting time before removing them from the greenhouse?

• Fertilize the seedlings more

• Harden off the seedlings

• Mist the seedlings often

• Water the seedlings more

Samantha is cutting the iris rhizome in sections. This method of asexual propagation in which plants are broken or cut into smaller pieces or clumps and are planted to form new plants is:

• division

• grafting

• layering

• seeding

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

The main product of photosynthesis is:

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• sugar

• water

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

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• reproduction

• translocation

Janet uses stem cuttings to propagate her prize-winning azaleas. What is the best time of day for Janet to take the cuttings from her azaleas?

• early evening

• early morning

• late afternoon

• mid-day

Victor joins a new variety of pecan tree to some rootstock he has grown from seeds. Which propagation method does he use?

• grafting

• hardwood cuttings

• layering

• softwood cuttings

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

Vegetative growth is the growth of:

• flowers and fruits

• fruits and roots

• leaves, stems, roots

• roots, seeds, flowers