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Hort 1- Test 6 Pests

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A sponging-type insect most likely damages a plant by:

a)

carrying diseases from other plants.

b)

rasping the leaves and sucking sap from the plant.

c)

piercing the leaves and sucking sap from the plant.

d)

chewing on the leaves

2.

Insects with toothed jaws that bite and tear their food have what type of mouth parts?

a)

chewing

b)

grinding

c)

multiple

d)

sucking

3.

Melanie finds aphids on her plant. She is most concerned the aphids will damage her plants by:

a)

sponging

b)

rasping and sucking.

c)

chewing

d)

piercing and sucking

4.

Marcel notices that the leaves of his bedding plants have been damaged by chewing insects. Which insects are most likely responsible for the damage?

a)

Aphids

b)

butterflies

c)

grass hoppers

d)

thrips

5.

When insects are worms or caterpillars, what is their stage of development?

a)

Adult

b)

larva

c)

egg

d)

fly

6.

Joey knows butterflies cause little or no damage to his plants. The basis for his opinion is most likely because butterflies have what type of mouth parts?

a)

Pierce-Sucking

b)

Chewing

c)

Siphoning

d)

Rasping-Sucking

7.

Which stage of development is most likely missing when an insect goes through incomplete metamorphosis?

a)

egg

b)

nymph

c)

pupa

d)

adult

8.

Insects can be distinguished from spiders because insects have:

a)

2 body sections

b)

6 legs

c)

8 legs

d)

no wings

9.

Jana finds insects on her bedding plants. She knows they are insects because of their:

a)

single body region and eight legs.

b)

multiple body regions and hundred legs.

c)

three body regions and six legs.

d)

four body regions and twenty legs.

10.

What symptoms does Pam see if her seedlings have a damping-off problem?

a)

Rusty growth on upper leaf surface of seedlings

b)

Seedlings rotting off at soil level

c)

White coating on plant leaves

d)

Circular black spots on upper leaf surface

11.

Viral, fungal, and bacterial describe the origin for types of:

a)

diseases

b)

germination

c)

pollination

d)

plants

12.

After Paula smoked a cigarette during her break at work, her boss made sure she washed her hands before handling the tomato plants. What could she spread to the tomato plants?

a)

Damping-off

b)

leaf spot

c)

mildew

d)

mosaic virus

13.

Brad read online that bacteria are what type of microorganisms?

a)

Double-celled

b)

Particular

c)

Singular

d)

Single-celled

14.

Noah learns that tobacco mosaic virus can also attack:

a)

corn

b)

raddishes

c)

rubber plants

d)

tomatoes

15.

Samantha learns that for a plant to contract a disease it must have:

a)

an ailment

b)

dry soil

c)

an insect problem

d)

a pathogen

16.

Rosa found distorted patterns of mottled colors—dark green, light green, yellow, and white—on the young leaves of her plants. This condition, caused by viruses, is called:

a)

canker

b)

damping-off

c)

mosaic

d)

smut

17.

Diseases are common with horticultural crops because most plants are grown in highly moist conditions and at warm temperatures that make a favorable:

a)

acidity

b)

environment

c)

genetics

d)

repellent

18.

Fernando notices that his plants have quickly turned brown and look as though they had been burned. What disease is most likely causing this problem?

a)

bacterial blight

b)

damping off

c)

leaf spot

d)

mildew