Area 2024 NL Test

Grasses are examples of (a)   plants which have only one seed leaf.

• monocot
• dicot
• herbaceous
• woody

In the plant name Cornus florida:

• Cornus is the family and florida is the genus

• Cornus is the genus and florida is the species

• Cornus is the genus and florida is the variety

• Cornus is the species and florida is the genus

(a)   buds are found in the leaf axil, the space between where a leaf and stem intersect.

• Lateral
• Terminal
• Adventitious
• Axillary

(a)   is necessary for a plant to carry out photosynthesis.

• Carbon Dioxide
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Hydrogen

Soil pH influences plant growth by indirectly affecting the availability of (a)   to the plant roots.

• nutrients
• water
• sunlight
• oxygen

(a)   is the movement of nutrients out of the soil into the groundwater.

• Leaching
• Erosion
• Sedimentation
• Evaporation

(a)   cuts promote invigorated growth and the emergence of strong lateral branches.

• Heading
• Pruning
• Trimming
• Shearing

To increase the success rate of propagation of woody plants by cuttings, a (a)   is often used.

• rooting hormone
• fertilizer
• water
• sunlight

The major tissue in plants through which water is translocated is the (a)   .

• xylem
• phloem
• cambium
• epidermis

The numbers listed on the front of a bag of fertilizer (eg. 10-10-10) are known as the fertilizer (a)   .

• analysis
• composition
• formula
• content