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Basic Biology Practice Test: Soil and Plant Nutrition
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1. Some of the problems associated with intensive irrigation include all but
2. Synthesis of which of the following compounds in a mature leaf would be least impacted by a temporary soil nitrogen deficiency?
3. A growing plant exhibits chlorosis of the leaves, especially the older, more mature ones. The chlorosis is probably due to a deficiency of which of the following macronutrients?
4. What is a major function of magnesium in plants?
5. In what way do nitrogen compounds differ from other minerals needed by plants?
6. Rhizobia, actinomycetes, and cyanobacteria all share the common feature that they can
7. In the 1640s Jan Baptista van Helmont planted a small willow in a pot that contained 90.9 kg of soil. After five years, the plant weighed 76.8 kg, but only 0.06 kg of soil had disappeared from the pot. What did van Helmont conclude from this experiment?
8. A young farmer purchases some land in a relatively arid area and is interested in earning a reasonable profit for many years. Which of the following strategies would best allow the farmer to achieve such a goal?
9. Most of the dry weight of a plant is derived from
10. You are weeding your garden when you accidentally expose some roots of your pea plants. You notice swellings (root nodules) on the roots and there is a reddish tinge to the ones you accidentally damaged. Most likely your peas plants
11. The bulk of a plant's dry weight is derived from
12. A farming commitment that embraces a variety of methods that are conservation-minded, environmentally safe, and profitable is called
13. Rhizobia and mycorrhizae share all of the following features except
14. An example of a mutualistic association between a plant and a fungus would be
15. Which of the following is not true of micronutrients in plants?
16. Which of the following habitats would most likely have a high proportion of species of plants that are in symbiotic association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
17. Which of the following would be in the lowest concentration in an actively growing shoot tip?
18. In hydroponic culture, what is the purpose of bubbling air into the solute?
19. A researcher analyzes the mineral content of a particular grass and is surprised to find substantial levels of uranium in both leaf and root tissues. The most likely explanation for this finding is that
20. Epiphytes are
21. Most of the mass of organic material of a plant comes from
22. Which of the following best describes the general role of micronutrients in plants?
23. All of the following contributed to the dust bowl in the American southwest during the 1930s except
24. Which soil type or habitat would be least likely to have high populations of mycorrhizae?
25. Hyphae form a covering over roots. These hyphae create a large surface area that helps to do which of the following?

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