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Sheridan FFA Forestry Practice Test #4



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

 1. 

Plant hardiness zone two is farther north than plant hardiness zone five.
 

 2. 

Honey Locust leaves maybe either singly compound or doubly compound.
 

 3. 

Oblique leaves are a characteristic of the hickory family.
 

 4. 

The center of a twig is called the pith.
 

 5. 

Alternate budding is a character characteristic of the ash family.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

The only living part of the tree trunk is ______.
a.
heartwood
b.
sapwood
c.
cambium layer
d.
outer bark
 

 7. 

Leaves do all of the things listed except ______.
a.
manufacture plant food
c.
give off oxygen
b.
give beauty
d.
give off carbon dioxide
 

 8. 

Trees and other plants require _____ different elements or nutrients from the soil.
a.
5
b.
7
c.
11
d.
16
 

 9. 

________ carries plant food manufactured in the leaves down to the branches-trunk-roots.
a.
heartwood
b.
sapwood
c.
phloem
d.
xylem
 

 10. 

______ protects the tree from injury,
a.
cambium layer
b.
sapwood
c.
heartwood
d.
outer bark
 

 11. 

The manufacture of plant food in the leaves of a plant is called _______.
a.
respiration
b.
transpiration
c.
photosynthesis
d.
perspiration
 

 12. 

The jagged edges of a leaf margin are called _______.
a.
symbols
b.
serrates
c.
coarsers
d.
ripples
 

 13. 

Leaf margins that are without serrates are called _______.
a.
serrite
b.
formed
c.
entire
d.
exact
 

 14. 

When many small leaflets are attached to the petiole to form a larger leaf-that type is called______.
a.
multiple
b.
compound
c.
acute
d.
oblique
 

 15. 

Which is not a type of leaf arrangement?
a.
alternate
b.
opposite
c.
whorled
d.
oblique
 

 16. 

Which is not a common term when referring to coniferous trees?
a.
softwoods
b.
evergreens
c.
hardwoods
d.
pines
 

 17. 

Deciduous trees are not also referred to as _______ trees.
a.
broadleaf
b.
softwood
c.
hardwood
 

 18. 

Which are not deciduous trees?
a.
oaks
b.
firs
c.
ashes
d.
willows
 

 19. 

The type of forests found most commonly in the great lakes states-Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri are _______.
a.
mainly hardwoods
b.
mainly softwoods
c.
mainly boreal
d.
mainly softwoods with some hardwoods
 

 20. 

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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