Download Chapter 17: Plant Reproduction Self Evaluation A. Multiple Choice

Chapter 17: Plant Reproduction
Self Evaluation
A. Multiple Choice
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Propagation is defined as
The union of an egg and sperm
The process of increasing the numbers of a species
A cheaper method of propagation than with seeds
The only way to propagate same species and cultivars
2. A seed consists of
A. A root, stem, and flower
B. A root, seed coat, and endosperm
C. A seed coat, endosperm, and embryo
D. An embryo, cotyledons, and new plant
3. A type of stem cutting used where stock material is limited and has alternate leaves is a
A. Stem tip cutting
C. Simple layer
B. Cane cutting
D. Single- eye cutting
4. A cutting that is usually made from a large leaf plant with the veins split is
A. Split- vein cutting
C. Terminal tip cutting
B. Leaf petiole cutting
D. Tissue propagation
5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Grafting is
A type of sexual propagation
A type of hybridization
A method by which two plants are propagated
A method of joining two parts of two different plants
6. The most common type of grafting is
A. T- budding
B. Simple layering
C. Stem-tip propagation
D. Scion cut out of the stock plant
7. Tissue culture may be used for
A. Cloning
B. Disinfecting
C. Sexual reproduction
D. Sterilization
8. With tissue culture, contamination maybe a problem from
A. Air
C. Tools
B. Hands
D. All of the above
9. The first stage of cloning African violets takes approximately
A. 1-3 weeks
C. 6- 8 weeks
B. 4-5 weeks
D. 10-12 weeks
10. To make a very inexpensive hood for tissue culturing, the recommended covering is
A. Aluminum
C. Sheet steel
B. Plastic
D. Wood
B. Matching
D
1. Outer seed coat
a. A cutting from an end of a branch containing a
terminal bud.
F
2. Germinate
b. Best taken when the plant is dormant
C
3. Imbibition
c. That absorption of water into a young seed
A
4. Tip cutting
d. Functions as a protector for the seed
B
5. Root cutting
e. When plants are separated and then replanted
E
6. Division
f. When a seed starts to sprout
C. Completion
1.
Asexual propagation utilizes a part or parts of one parent plant.
2.
The endosperm will supply food to the young seedling until it is able to make its own.
3.
A rooting
quickly.
4.
hormone might contain fungicide and is used to help plants produce roots more
Cane cuttings are normally made of a section containing one or two nodes.
5.
Tissue culture is also known as micro propagation .
6.
The major aspect of tissue culture is that the area to be worked in must be clean and
sterile/sterilized .