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Plants for Food and Fibre - Quiz 2: Topics 3 and 4
Take your time. Read each question carefully.
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True or False (10 marks)
1. Selective breeding mean that people choose specific plants with particular characteristics
and encourage the plants to reproduce.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
2. Canola is selectively bred from rapeseed.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
3. Layering is a common method of sexual reproduction in plants.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
4. Green beans, cucumbers, yellow peppers, and apples are all fruits.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
5. Germination is the development of a seed into a new plant.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
6. Cones are a mass of wooden scales from conifers and pines containing reproductive
structures.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
7. Female cones contain ovules (eggs) that look like small bumps at the end of the cone’s
scales.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
8. Cross-pollination is when the egg of one plant species is fertilized by the sperm of
another plant from a different species.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
9. In Asexual Reproduction, plants produce young plants that are identical to the parent
plant.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
10. A fruit is the growing ovary of the plant that swells and protects the developing seeds of a
plant until they are ripe.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
Matching (10 marks)
Match the correct term with its definition.
Terms:
Definitions:
11. Milkweed seed
_____
a) After flowering, they snap off and tumble
along spreading seeds
12. Cotyledon
_____
b) Spread seeds by floating in rivers and
oceans
13. Embryo
_____
c) Attach to animal coats and are then carried
to different locations
14. Burdock seeds
_____
d) Type of seed often spread by wind
15. Seed coat
_____
e) Food reserve for the seed
f)
16. Coconuts
_____
Tiny new plant
g) Protects seeds
Match the correct term with its definition.
17. Barley
_____
a) Plant with yellow flowers whose seeds are
pressed for cooking oils
18. Wheat
_____
b) Seeds are crushed for flour which makes
pasta and bread
19. Canola
_____
c) Fed to livestock, ¼ used for humans for
making malt flavoring
20. Legume
_____
d) Uses attractants like scent and color to
catch insects as a meal
e) High protein plant like field peas, beans,
and lentils
Fill in the Blank (5 marks)
Use the following words to fill in the blanks of questions 21-25.
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diversity
seed
erosion
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reforestation
irrigation
Lodgepole pine
21. A ___________ can be accurately described as “a tiny plant in a box with its lunch”.
22. A natural ecosystem has a higher level of _____________ of plants and animals
than a field of wheat or a stand of trees of the same age and species.
23.
______________ is the process of restoring logged areas.
24.
______________ is a system of watering crops with large pipes and sprinklers.
25.
______________ releases its seeds after a forest fire.
Short Answer (10 marks)
26. What is a monoculture? Give an example. (2 marks)
27. What is soil erosion? (2 marks)
28. Name 3 pieces of technology/machinery used for farming and describe what each does.
(6 marks)
1)
2)
3)
29. Label the diagram of the flower. (9 marks)
Bonus (4 marks)
30. What is the most valuable vegetable crop in Alberta (worth over $55 million annually)?
31. Corn is a flower. What part of the flower are the corn kernels that we eat?