True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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Plant hardiness zone two is farther North than plant hardiness zone five.
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Honey locust leaves may be either singly compound or doubly compound.
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Oblique leaves are a characteristic of the hickory family.
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The center of a twig is called the pith.
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Alternate budding is a characteristic of the ash family.
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Linden is another name for the basswood tree.
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Another name for the red pine is Norway pines.
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8.
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The leaves and branches of a tree are referred to as the crown of the
tree.
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9.
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Overcrowding reduces the DBH (diameter breast height) of the tree.
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10.
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Overcrowding reduces the height of the tree.
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The term silviculture is the reproduction and management of the forest to obtain
continuous high yields of forest products.
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12.
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All trees that produce seeds also produce flowers.
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13.
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White walnut (also called butternut) has a larger range than black
walnut.
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14.
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Norway (red) pine is not native to the United States.
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It is only possible to identify buds in the springtime.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Roots do not perform the function of ____________.
a. | support | c. | absorbing moisture | b. | manufacturing plant food | d. | absorbing plant
nutrients |
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The only living part of the tree trunk is ______________.
a. | heartwood | b. | sapwood | c. | cambium layer | d. | outer
bark |
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Leaves do all of the things listed except ___________.
a. | manufacture plant food | c. | give off oxygen | b. | give beauty | d. | give of carbon
dioxide |
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19.
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_____________ carries the sap from the roots to the leaves.
a. | Fast growth | b. | Xylem | c. | Phloem | d. | Cambium
layer |
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20.
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Closely spaced annual rings indicate _____________.
a. | fast growth | b. | slow growth | c. | very tall trees | d. | very short
trees |
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21.
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Trees and other plants require ________ different elements or nutrients from the
soil.
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22.
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____________ carries plant food manufactured in the leaves down to the
branches-trunk-roots.
a. | Heartwood | b. | Sapwood | c. | Phloem | d. | Xylem |
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_________ builds wood tissue in the trunk.
a. | Cambium Layer | b. | Heartwood | c. | The leaf | d. | Phloem |
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24.
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___________ gives support and strength to the tree.
a. | Outer bark | b. | Sapwood | c. | Heartwood | d. | Cambium
layer |
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____________ protects the tree from injury.
a. | Cambium layer | b. | Sapwood | c. | Heartwood | d. | Outer
bark |
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26.
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The manufacture of plant food in the leaves of a plant is called
__________.
a. | respiration | b. | transpiration | c. | photosynthesis | d. | perspiration |
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Leaves turning colors in the fall is caused by ____________.
a. | air temperatures during the day | c. | drought | b. | prolonged absence of
sunlight | d. | air temperatures
at night |
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The outside edge of a leaf is called the ______________.
a. | lobe | b. | margin | c. | petiole | d. | leaflet |
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The jagged edges of a leaf are called the ____________.
a. | symbols | b. | serrates | c. | coarsers | d. | ripples |
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Leaf margins that are without serrates are called ____________.
a. | serrate | b. | formed | c. | entire | d. | exact |
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The leaf stem is also known as the ____________.
a. | petiole | b. | attach | c. | joiner | d. | midrib |
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When a single leaf is attached to the twig it is said to be ___________.
a. | truncate | b. | pinnate | c. | palmate | d. | simple |
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33.
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When many small leaflets are attached to the petiole to form a larger leaf that
type of leaf is called ____________.
a. | multiple | b. | compound | c. | acute | d. | oblique |
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34.
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Which is not a type of leaf arrangement?
a. | alternate | b. | opposite | c. | whorled | d. | oblique |
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An example of a family of trees having palmately veined leaves is
___________.
a. | hickory | b. | oak | c. | maple | d. | elms |
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Which family of trees has the characteristic of deep lobes on the margin?
a. | poplars | b. | oaks | c. | pines | d. | spruces |
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Which is not a common term when referring to coniferous trees?
a. | softwoods | b. | evergreens | c. | hardwoods | d. | pines |
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38.
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Deciduous trees are not also referred to as _________ trees
a. | broadleaf | b. | softwood | c. | hardwood |
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39.
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Which group of conifers has it needless in a ‘cluster’ of two to
five?
a. | pines | b. | spruces | c. | cedars | d. | firs |
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40.
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Which are not coniferous trees?
a. | pines | b. | cedars | c. | walnuts | d. | spruces |
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41.
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Which are not deciduous trees?
a. | oaks | b. | firs | c. | ashes | d. | willows |
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42.
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The type of forests found most commonly in the Great Lakes States-Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Missouri are__________.
a. | mainly hardwoods | b. | mainly softwoods | c. | mainly
boreal | d. | mainly softwoods with some hardwoods |
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43.
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Identification of trees according to species is called
a. | forestry | b. | silvics | c. | ecology | d. | dendrology |
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44.
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In the United States about __________ percent of the land is forested.
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45.
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Which trees leaves are least likely to turn red in the fall?
a. | sugar maple | b. | silver maple | c. | red maple | d. | red
oak |
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46.
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When referring to trees as tolerant or intolerant a tolerant species is one that
will withstand ____________.
a. | drought | b. | cold | c. | shading | d. | flooding |
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A tree sprout arising from the root or stump is called a ___________.
a. | slash | b. | bole | c. | sucker | d. | sappler |
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48.
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New terminal growth on pines is called ______________.
a. | pinettes | b. | needlettes | c. | spikes | d. | candles |
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49.
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Another term for the trunk of a tree is ___________.
a. | bole | b. | club | c. | skid | d. | pike |
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50.
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An example of a deciduous conifer is the
a. | Tamarack-Larch | c. | Eastern-White Pine | b. | Aspen-Popular | d. | Eastern-Red
Cedar |
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