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Practice Test B


This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 Phase changes that involve little obvious change in phenotype with development and age are _____________.
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 Phase changes that show distinct change in phenotype during development are _____________.
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 _____________ is physiological aging associated primarily with reduced vigor.
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 ____________ is a growth habit with shoot apex ending in flowering.
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Characteristics the _______________ phase usually involves upright growth, vigor, sometimes thorniness and lack of flowering.
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 The characteristics associated with the ____________ phase typically have bushy growth, reduced vigor, no thorns and profuse flowering.
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 A(n) ________ is a seedling plant used as a source for vegetative propagation.
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 The first generation produced by vegetative propagation is called a _______.
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 ____________ is corresponding to phenotypic characteristic of the source plant.
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 ____________ is stabilizing the phenotype either by selection of appropriate propagule or management.
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 In forestry propagation, this term refers to using vegetative propagation to multiply the supply of selected genotypes and is called ____________.
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 The effect of position of the propagule in the source plant on the phenotype of the progeny plants is called ____________.
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 _____________ is the upright growth of the progeny plant which comes from collecting the source from an upright growing branch.
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 The lateral growth of the progeny plant which comes from collecting the source from a laterally growing branch is called ____________.
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 ___________ are masses of adventitious buds produced on the lower trunk of some tree species.
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 A shoot emerging from a latent bud on the base of tree = synonymous with watersprout is called ___________.
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 A cone-shaped area comprising the trunk and lower branches of a seedling tree which tends to remain juvenile is called the ______________.
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 ___________ are vigorous shoots that are produced from the stump when a tree is pruned back severely.
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 A row of trees or bushes pruned back to a hedge to stimulate shoots for propagation is called a _____________.
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 The consecutive propagation of seedling or clonal material for several consecutive generations in containers each propagated after pruning is called ________________.
 
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Question 21
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Open Hint for Question 21 in a new window		 _____________ is the shift from the adult phase to the juvenile phase.
 
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Question 22
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Open Hint for Question 22 in a new window		 A __________ is a pathogen (or other agent) that produces a specific disease.
 
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Question 23
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Open Hint for Question 23 in a new window		 ___________ is identifying the characteristics of a causal agent.
 
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Question 24
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Open Hint for Question 24 in a new window		 A _________ is a microscopic organism that replicate as obligate parasites within plant cells or the bodies of insect vectors, multiplying and growing in collaboration with chromosomes.
 
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Question 25
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Open Hint for Question 25 in a new window		 A class of extremely small parasitic organisms that cause disease in plants are ____________.
 
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