TURF 235 Exam 1 2024/2025 Exam
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A measure of the number of aerial shoots per unit area is called: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔density
The resistance of the turfgrass leaves to compression is: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔rigidity
The capacity of turfgrasses to recovery from damage caused by disease
organisms, insects, and traffic is called: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔recuperative
capacity
A measure of the width of the leaf blades is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔texture
The tendency of the turfgrass leaves to spring back once a compressing
force is removed is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔elasticity
A surface feature of a turf that affects visual quality and playability is: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔smoothness
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,An estimate of the even appearance of a turf is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔uniformity
The capacity of a turf to absorb shock without altering its surface
characteristics is called: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔resiliency
An interconnecting community of turfgrasses and the soil adhering to their
roots and other belowground organs is called: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔turf
The measure of clippings removed with mowing is called: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔yield
A measure of the light reflected by turfgrasses is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔color
Turfgrasses spread primarily or exclusively by tillering are said to have a
________ growth habit. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔bunch-type
Excessively high yields may indicate excessive use of nitrogen fertilizer
along with often accompanying reductions in rooting, stress tolerance, and
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disease resistance
Turfgrasses spread by belowground shoots are said to have a _________
growth habit. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rhizomatous
A measure of the amount of aerial shoots remaining after mowing is - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔verdure
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,At higher mowing heights, the same genotype will often have more/less
verdure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔more
Above-ground horizontally growing shoots are called: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔stolons
Within the same genotype and mowing height, verdure is directly
proportional to: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔density
When the surface layer of a turf is harvested for transplanting, it is called: -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sod
Where rooting is shallow or largely confined to a thatch layer, problems can
be anticipated, especially during periods of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stress
The structure at the junction of the two leaf portions on the adaxial side is a
________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ligule
The folded or rolled, lower portion of the leaf is called a ________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔sheath
The flattened, upper portion of the leaf is called the _________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔blade
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, The adaxial leaf surface of red fescue is ridged/smooth - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔ridged
The leaf tip of annual bluegrass is _________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔boat-
shaped
The leaf tip of St. Augustinegrass is ________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔tapered
and rounded
The abaxial leaf of tall fescue is strongly keeled/essentially flat - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔essentially flat
The leaf tip of centipedegrass is ________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pointed
Leaf hairs varying in size and density among turfgrass species are called
________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔trichomes
The base of the blade of some grasses extends into appendages called
_______. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔auricles
The abaxial leaf surface of perennial ryegrass is dull/glossy - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔glossy
Below-ground, lateral shoots growing away from the mother plant are
________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rhizomes
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Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
A measure of the number of aerial shoots per unit area is called: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔density
The resistance of the turfgrass leaves to compression is: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔rigidity
The capacity of turfgrasses to recovery from damage caused by disease
organisms, insects, and traffic is called: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔recuperative
capacity
A measure of the width of the leaf blades is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔texture
The tendency of the turfgrass leaves to spring back once a compressing
force is removed is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔elasticity
A surface feature of a turf that affects visual quality and playability is: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔smoothness
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,An estimate of the even appearance of a turf is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔uniformity
The capacity of a turf to absorb shock without altering its surface
characteristics is called: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔resiliency
An interconnecting community of turfgrasses and the soil adhering to their
roots and other belowground organs is called: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔turf
The measure of clippings removed with mowing is called: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔yield
A measure of the light reflected by turfgrasses is: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔color
Turfgrasses spread primarily or exclusively by tillering are said to have a
________ growth habit. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔bunch-type
Excessively high yields may indicate excessive use of nitrogen fertilizer
along with often accompanying reductions in rooting, stress tolerance, and
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disease resistance
Turfgrasses spread by belowground shoots are said to have a _________
growth habit. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rhizomatous
A measure of the amount of aerial shoots remaining after mowing is - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔verdure
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,At higher mowing heights, the same genotype will often have more/less
verdure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔more
Above-ground horizontally growing shoots are called: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔stolons
Within the same genotype and mowing height, verdure is directly
proportional to: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔density
When the surface layer of a turf is harvested for transplanting, it is called: -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sod
Where rooting is shallow or largely confined to a thatch layer, problems can
be anticipated, especially during periods of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stress
The structure at the junction of the two leaf portions on the adaxial side is a
________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ligule
The folded or rolled, lower portion of the leaf is called a ________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔sheath
The flattened, upper portion of the leaf is called the _________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔blade
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, The adaxial leaf surface of red fescue is ridged/smooth - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔ridged
The leaf tip of annual bluegrass is _________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔boat-
shaped
The leaf tip of St. Augustinegrass is ________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔tapered
and rounded
The abaxial leaf of tall fescue is strongly keeled/essentially flat - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔essentially flat
The leaf tip of centipedegrass is ________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pointed
Leaf hairs varying in size and density among turfgrass species are called
________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔trichomes
The base of the blade of some grasses extends into appendages called
_______. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔auricles
The abaxial leaf surface of perennial ryegrass is dull/glossy - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔glossy
Below-ground, lateral shoots growing away from the mother plant are
________. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔rhizomes
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