Biology 31 Soil and Plant Nutrition MCQ

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This NASA image is a composite of several satellite-based views of Earth. To make the whole-Earth image, NASA scientists combine observations of different parts of the planet. (credit: NASA/GSFC/NOAA/USGS)

Viewed from space, Earth offers no clues about the diversity of life forms that reside there. The first forms of life on Earth are thought to have been microorganisms that existed for billions of years in the ocean before plants and animals appeared. The mammals, birds, and flowers so familiar to us are all relatively recent, originating 130 to 200 million years ago. Humans have inhabited this planet for only the last 2.5 million years, and only in the last 200,000 years have humans started looking like we do today.

Unit 6. Plant Structure and Function

Chapter 31: Soil and Plant Nutrition MCQ Multiple Choices Questions Quiz Test Bank

31.1 Nutritional Requirements of Plants

31.2 The Soil

31.3 Nutritional Adaptations of Plants

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Question: What is the term used to describe the solid rock that lies beneath the soil?

Choices:

sand

bedrock

clay

loam

Question: Which factors affect soil quality?

Choices:

chemical composition

history of the soil

presence of living organisms and topography

all of the above

Question: What term describes a plant that requires nutrition from a living host plant?

Choices:

parasite

saprophyte

epiphyte

insectivorous

Question: For an element to be regarded as essential, all of the following criteria must be met, except:

Choices:

No other element can perform the function.

The element is directly involved in plant nutrition.

The element is inorganic.

The plant cannot complete its lifecycle without the element.

Question: A soil consists of layers called ________ that taken together are called a ________.

Choices:

soil profiles : horizon

horizons : soil profile

horizons : humus

humus : soil profile

Question: Through mycorrhization, a plant obtains important nutrients such as ________.

Choices:

phosphorus, zinc, and copper

phosphorus, zinc, and calcium

nickel, calcium, and zinc

all of the above

Question: The nutrient that is part of carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids, and that forms biomolecules, is ________.

Choices:

nitrogen

carbon

magnesium

iron

Question: Most ________ are necessary for enzyme function.

Choices:

micronutrients

macronutrients

biomolecules

essential nutrients

Question: Soil particles that are 0.1 to 2 mm in diameter are called ________.

Choices:

sand

silt

clay

loam

Question: What is the main water source for land plants?

Choices:

rain

soil

biomolecules

essential nutrients

Question: Which process produces an inorganic compound that plants can easily use?

Choices:

photosynthesis

nitrogen fixation

mycorrhization

Calvin cycle

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