Arborist Certification Test Prep questions with accurate || || || || || || ||
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site of rapid cell division in the shoot tips, root tips, and cambium: - ✔✔meristems
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meristems located at the end of the shoots are called primary, or _________________
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meristems - ✔✔apical || ||
the tendency for terminal buds to inhibit the growth of lateral buds is called
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________________ - ✔✔apical dominance || || ||
the food factories of trees are the ______________ - ✔✔leaves
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the process of ______________ combines carbon dioxide and water in a reaction driven by
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light to produce sugars...also produces oxygen - ✔✔photosynthesis
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the green color of leaves is created by the presence of _____________, which is necessary
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for photosynth to take place - ✔✔chlorophyll
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the loss of water vapor from leaves - ✔✔transpiration
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the opening and closing of _____________ allow for gas exchange - ✔✔stomata
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transpiration is controlled by ___________ - ✔✔guard cells || || || || || || ||
,water and dissolved essential minerals are transported within the tree in the
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______________ - ✔✔xylem || ||
carbohydrates are conducted through the tree in the ____________ - ✔✔phloem
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the ____________ is a layer of meristematic cells located between the phloem and xylem -
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✔✔cambium
the _____________ _______________ is formed when trunk tissue grows around branch
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tissues. - ✔✔branch collar
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as branch and trunk tissues expand against each other int he branch union, the
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______________ _______________ _____________is formed - ✔✔branch bark ridge
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______________ protects the branches and trunk of a tree from mechanical injury and
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desiccation - ✔✔bark || ||
water enters young roots or mycorrhizal roots in part, by a process called _____________ -
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✔✔osmosis
the orientation of growth in response to an external stimulus is called ______________ -
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✔✔tropism
CODIT stands for _____________ - ✔✔compartmentalization od decay in trees
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trees with upright growth and strong central leader are ______________ - ✔✔excurrent
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trees with rounded, broader multi-leader growth habit are ______________ - ✔✔decurrent
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, roots and fungi form _____________ - ✔✔mycorrhizae
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the process by which chemical energy, stored as sugar and starch, is released is called
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_______________ - ✔✔respiration || ||
trees that lose their leaves in the autumn - ✔✔deciduous
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trees that maintain their leaves for more than one year - ✔✔evergreen
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the classification of plants - ✔✔taxonomy
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plants whose seeds are covered (not conifers) - ✔✔angiosperms
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plants with naked seeds (conifers) - ✔✔gymnosperms
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plants with two seed leaves at germination - ✔✔dicotyledon (dicot)
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plants with only one seed leaf at germination (grasses, banana, palms) -
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✔✔monocotyledons (monocots) ||
the naming of plants - ✔✔nomenclature
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a compound leaf with multiple leaflets will have how many bud(s) - ✔✔one
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in the scientific name Acer saccharum, "Acer" identifies the _____________ - ✔✔genus
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detailed answers ||
site of rapid cell division in the shoot tips, root tips, and cambium: - ✔✔meristems
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meristems located at the end of the shoots are called primary, or _________________
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meristems - ✔✔apical || ||
the tendency for terminal buds to inhibit the growth of lateral buds is called
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________________ - ✔✔apical dominance || || ||
the food factories of trees are the ______________ - ✔✔leaves
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the process of ______________ combines carbon dioxide and water in a reaction driven by
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
light to produce sugars...also produces oxygen - ✔✔photosynthesis
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the green color of leaves is created by the presence of _____________, which is necessary
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
for photosynth to take place - ✔✔chlorophyll
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the loss of water vapor from leaves - ✔✔transpiration
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the opening and closing of _____________ allow for gas exchange - ✔✔stomata
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transpiration is controlled by ___________ - ✔✔guard cells || || || || || || ||
,water and dissolved essential minerals are transported within the tree in the
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______________ - ✔✔xylem || ||
carbohydrates are conducted through the tree in the ____________ - ✔✔phloem
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the ____________ is a layer of meristematic cells located between the phloem and xylem -
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✔✔cambium
the _____________ _______________ is formed when trunk tissue grows around branch
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tissues. - ✔✔branch collar
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as branch and trunk tissues expand against each other int he branch union, the
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______________ _______________ _____________is formed - ✔✔branch bark ridge
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______________ protects the branches and trunk of a tree from mechanical injury and
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desiccation - ✔✔bark || ||
water enters young roots or mycorrhizal roots in part, by a process called _____________ -
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✔✔osmosis
the orientation of growth in response to an external stimulus is called ______________ -
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✔✔tropism
CODIT stands for _____________ - ✔✔compartmentalization od decay in trees
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trees with upright growth and strong central leader are ______________ - ✔✔excurrent
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trees with rounded, broader multi-leader growth habit are ______________ - ✔✔decurrent
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, roots and fungi form _____________ - ✔✔mycorrhizae
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the process by which chemical energy, stored as sugar and starch, is released is called
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
_______________ - ✔✔respiration || ||
trees that lose their leaves in the autumn - ✔✔deciduous
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trees that maintain their leaves for more than one year - ✔✔evergreen
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the classification of plants - ✔✔taxonomy
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plants whose seeds are covered (not conifers) - ✔✔angiosperms
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plants with naked seeds (conifers) - ✔✔gymnosperms
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plants with two seed leaves at germination - ✔✔dicotyledon (dicot)
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plants with only one seed leaf at germination (grasses, banana, palms) -
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✔✔monocotyledons (monocots) ||
the naming of plants - ✔✔nomenclature
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a compound leaf with multiple leaflets will have how many bud(s) - ✔✔one
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in the scientific name Acer saccharum, "Acer" identifies the _____________ - ✔✔genus
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