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1. What are the two methods of propagating plants? - Correct Answer:
Sexual propagation, seeds
Other plant parts, vegetative propagation
2. What are the six requirements of successful seed propagation? - Correct
Answer: Fertilized flower
Ripe fruit
Alive seed
Mature seed
Dormancy overcome
Proper germination environment
3. Be able to identify the parts of a flower on a drawing - Correct Answer:
Anther, filament, stigma, style, ovary
,4. What is the difference between a perfect flower and an imperfect flower? -
Correct Answer: Perfect flower has male and female parts within the same
flower
Imperfect flower has
Monoecious with flowers either male or female can be on the same plant
Dioecious with male and female flowers on different plants
5. What is the difference between an imperfect monoecious flower and an
imperfect dioecious flower? - Correct Answer: Monoecious imperfect
flower has either male or female can be on the smart plant
Dioecious imperfect flower has male and female flowers on different plants
6. Name the three most common types of seed dormancy in the Southwest, and
how each one is overcome - Correct Answer: Inhibitor dormancy seeds
need soaking to leach out inhibitors
Embryo dormancy seeds need several months of damp chilling
Seed coat dormancy seeds need to soften or crack to allow water to enter
7. Explain the difference between open pollination and hybridization and be able
to state the advantages of each - Correct Answer: Open pollination is
random by wind, bees
Hybridization is two plants chosen to create a new one, hand pollinated
8. The germination environment needs 5 things for best success. Name them -
Correct Answer: Medium
,Moisture level
Temperature
Cleanliness
Record keeping
9. Name the 5 types of vegetative propagation - Correct Answer: Layering
Division
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes
Cuttings
Grafting
10. What are some advantages of taking cuttings of plants for propagation? -
Correct Answer: Most versatile, most challenging, most fun
11. What is an adventitious root, what are the two types, and define/explain each
type. - Correct Answer: Adventitious roots emerge from other parts of
plants
One type is De Novo adventitious roots that form because of natural plant
hormone called auxin and emerge in response to a wound
The other type is latent adventitious roots that have already begun on the stem,
emerge in response to gravity or environment
12. What are the steps necessary to maintain a benign environment for cuttings?
- Correct Answer: Reduce water loss by keeping humidity high and keeping
the cutting upright
, 13. What is auxin and why is it sometimes used in propagating cuttings? -
Correct Answer: Natural growth hormone that is found in stem tips and new
leaves, moves downward in plant to assist in wound response
14. What are some items to note when keeping records of your propagation
successes and failures, for seeds and/or cuttings? - Correct Answer:
Species
Type of cutting
Number of cuttings
Use of auxin or other treatments
Date planted
Environmental conditions
Mother plant
Results and date transplanted
15. Soil, Water, and Plant Relations Questions - Correct Answer:
16. What are the basic needs of plants? - Correct Answer: Support
Water
Sunlight
Nutrients
Air
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027 Exams
Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
Instant Download Pdf
1. What are the two methods of propagating plants? - Correct Answer:
Sexual propagation, seeds
Other plant parts, vegetative propagation
2. What are the six requirements of successful seed propagation? - Correct
Answer: Fertilized flower
Ripe fruit
Alive seed
Mature seed
Dormancy overcome
Proper germination environment
3. Be able to identify the parts of a flower on a drawing - Correct Answer:
Anther, filament, stigma, style, ovary
,4. What is the difference between a perfect flower and an imperfect flower? -
Correct Answer: Perfect flower has male and female parts within the same
flower
Imperfect flower has
Monoecious with flowers either male or female can be on the same plant
Dioecious with male and female flowers on different plants
5. What is the difference between an imperfect monoecious flower and an
imperfect dioecious flower? - Correct Answer: Monoecious imperfect
flower has either male or female can be on the smart plant
Dioecious imperfect flower has male and female flowers on different plants
6. Name the three most common types of seed dormancy in the Southwest, and
how each one is overcome - Correct Answer: Inhibitor dormancy seeds
need soaking to leach out inhibitors
Embryo dormancy seeds need several months of damp chilling
Seed coat dormancy seeds need to soften or crack to allow water to enter
7. Explain the difference between open pollination and hybridization and be able
to state the advantages of each - Correct Answer: Open pollination is
random by wind, bees
Hybridization is two plants chosen to create a new one, hand pollinated
8. The germination environment needs 5 things for best success. Name them -
Correct Answer: Medium
,Moisture level
Temperature
Cleanliness
Record keeping
9. Name the 5 types of vegetative propagation - Correct Answer: Layering
Division
Bulbs, corms, rhizomes
Cuttings
Grafting
10. What are some advantages of taking cuttings of plants for propagation? -
Correct Answer: Most versatile, most challenging, most fun
11. What is an adventitious root, what are the two types, and define/explain each
type. - Correct Answer: Adventitious roots emerge from other parts of
plants
One type is De Novo adventitious roots that form because of natural plant
hormone called auxin and emerge in response to a wound
The other type is latent adventitious roots that have already begun on the stem,
emerge in response to gravity or environment
12. What are the steps necessary to maintain a benign environment for cuttings?
- Correct Answer: Reduce water loss by keeping humidity high and keeping
the cutting upright
, 13. What is auxin and why is it sometimes used in propagating cuttings? -
Correct Answer: Natural growth hormone that is found in stem tips and new
leaves, moves downward in plant to assist in wound response
14. What are some items to note when keeping records of your propagation
successes and failures, for seeds and/or cuttings? - Correct Answer:
Species
Type of cutting
Number of cuttings
Use of auxin or other treatments
Date planted
Environmental conditions
Mother plant
Results and date transplanted
15. Soil, Water, and Plant Relations Questions - Correct Answer:
16. What are the basic needs of plants? - Correct Answer: Support
Water
Sunlight
Nutrients
Air
