Title: Unit 4 Quiz RETAKE
Course: HRT 125 Plants and Society > Section: HRT 125 Plants and Society

Q: In the context of this unit, cereals are _____.
- edible grains
- processed breakfast foods
- not important as foods
- not widely grown
A: edible grains

Q: Male corn flowers _____.
- are called "tassels"
- are at the very top of the corn plant
- release pollen in the wind
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: Rice plants _____.
- produce food for more people than any other grain crop
- are native to arid, desert-like regions
- are not grown in the United States
- cannot be produced using modern farming techniques
A: produce food for more people than any other grain crop

Q: Corn (maize) was first grown in _____.
- Mesopotamia
- Asia
- Russia
- Central America
A: Central America

Q: Wheat _____.
- is seldom hybridized
- cannot be grown where winters are cold
- is not an important grain crop
- none of the above
A: none of the above

Q: The seed of a grass plant is called _____.
- bran
- a grain
- an aleurone
- endosperm
A: a grain

Q: Grass plants produce two types of vegetative reproduction structures. They are _____.
- tillers and blades
- florets and canes
- rhizomes and stolons
- tassels and ears
A: rhizomes and stolons

Q: Grass plants make good lawns and groundcovers because they _____.
- grow from the crown which is not cut off when mowing
- require almost no maintenance
- reproduce so quickly by seed
- don't reproduce vegetatively
A: grow from the crown which is not cut off when mowing

Q: Teosinte looks very much like modern corn.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: What we refer to as "wheat germ" is the _____.
- outer, flakey layer of seed coat
- endosperm
- aleurone layer
- embryo of the wheat seed
A: embryo of the wheat seed