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Plant Classification Quiz

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 
The Botanical System of Classification is a universally accepted system of classification.
 

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 2. 
Monocots typically have......
 a.
a main taproot or a few deeply descending roots.
 b.
lots of fibrous roots.
 c.
flower parts that generally appear in factors of 4 and/or 5.
 d.
flower parts that generally appear in factors of 3.
 e.
leaves with parallel veins.
 f.
leaves with a network of veins.
 g.
two cotyledons per seed.
 h.
one cotyledon per seed.
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 3. 
Scientific notation was developed by Carolus Linneaus and is a _____________ system, which means is uses two words to identify or label each species.
 

 

 4. 
The distinction between many plants, especially crops and weeds, is the difference between Monocots and Dicots. This distinction takes place at which level of the Botanical System of Classification?
 

 

 5. 
A plant who completes it’s life cycle in one growing season is known as a(n) _________________.
 

 

 6. 
A plant who lives for an undetermined number of years (or over multiple growing seasons) is known as a(n) ______________.
 

 

 7. 
A plant that is planted in a field after the main crop is harvested to prevent soil erosion and to help increase organic matter is known as a ____________ crop.
 

 

 8. 
A crop grown with the primary crop, generally to give vegetative cover while the primary crop grows, is known as a ________________ crop.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match the following according to the proper order of the Botanical System of classification.
a.
Kingdom
e.
Class
b.
Phylum or Division
f.
Species
c.
Genus
g.
Order
d.
Subdivision
h.
Family
 

 9. 

 Comes after Genus in the Botanical System of classification and is part of the scientific name of a species
 

 10. 

 Comes after Kingdom in the Botanical System of classification
 

 11. 

 Comes after Subdivision in the Botanical System of classification
 

 12. 

 Comes after Class in the Botanical System of classification
 

 13. 

 Comes after Division or Phylum in the Botanical System of classification
 

 14. 

 Comes before Genus in the Botanical System of classification
 

 15. 

 Comes before Family in the Botanical System of classification
 
 
Match the following example crop to it’s appropriate Agronomic Use category.
a.
Vegetable
e.
Sugar Crop
b.
Cereal Grain
f.
Forage
c.
Fiber Crop
g.
Fruit
d.
Oil Crop
h.
Tuber
 

 16. 

 Soybeans
 

 17. 

 Pears
 

 18. 

 Cotton
 

 19. 

 Timothy
 

 20. 

 Green Beans
 

 21. 

 Alfalfa
 

 22. 

 Wheat
 

 23. 

 Sweet Corn
 

 24. 

 Canola
 

 25. 

 Oats
 



 
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