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Practice Test


This activity contains 44 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 Types of plants that survive part of their annual life cycle as a dormant, fleshy underground structure are ___________.
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 __________ is a type of clonal propagation that utilizes detachable structures on the plant as propagules.
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 A type of clonal propagation that involves cutting or dividing the plant into sections with stems and roots is called ___________.
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 A _________is a specialized underground storage structure which consists of a short, fleshy axis and roots or root primordia, axillary buds and flower apices enclosed in thickened fleshy scales.
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 The biological process in which flower primordia are induced by exposure to a chilling period is called __________.
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 A miniature bulb that forms in the axil of a bulb scale and provides a method of vegetative propagation is a ________.
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 Bulblets grown to full size are called ________.
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 The short thickened stem of a bulb is the __________.
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 The expanded fleshy leaf base of a bulb that contains stored food is the _____________.
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 A type of bulb scale characterized by concentric layers of fleshy tissue is called the ___________.
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 A ________ is a type of bulblet produced in the aerial portion of the plant and is enclosed within a dry, membranous scale.
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 A type of bulb structure in which scales are fleshy, separate and not enclosed in a membranous layer is called ____________.
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 _________ is a synonymous term to non-tunicate.
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 ____________ are thickened, fleshy roots that function to pull the bulb to a deeper layer in the soil.
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 A __________ is a special kind of bulblike structure occurring in tulip which grows to a deeper level to start the bulb formation.
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 A cluster of daffodil bulbs still attached at the basal plate is called a _______________.
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 An offset bulb when it first separates within the mother bulb is called a ________.
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 ________ is a synonym of a split bulb.
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 A _________ is a one-year old mother bulb.
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 A round bulb with a single flower bud is called _____________.
 
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Question 21
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Open Hint for Question 21 in a new window		 A ___________ is a two-year-old bulb with two flower buds.
 
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Question 22
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Open Hint for Question 22 in a new window		 A unique bulb structure of certain Lilium species in which two to four bulbs are initiated at the base of the bulb is called _________________.
 
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Question 23
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Open Hint for Question 23 in a new window		 A bulblet produced in the axil of a node above ground is called a _________.
 
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Question 24
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Open Hint for Question 24 in a new window		 __________ is a propagation procedure in which individual scales are removed and placed under appropriate conditions to cause the production of adventitious bulblets to form.
 
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Question 25
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Open Hint for Question 25 in a new window		 The practice of cutting into the base of a bulb to stimulate adventitious bulblet formation on the base of a scale is called ______________.
 
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Question 26
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Open Hint for Question 26 in a new window		 Basal cuttage carried out by cutting away the basal plate with a special spoon-like device is ____________.
 
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Question 27
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Open Hint for Question 27 in a new window		 Basal cuttage carried out by cutting at right angles across the base of the bulb is ____________.
 
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Question 28
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Open Hint for Question 28 in a new window		 ______________ is a method of propagation in which a bulb is cut into fragments of three or four bud scales attached at the basal plate.
 
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Question 29