Biology Exploring Study Set 1

Which of the following elements is considered an essential micronutrient for plants?

Which of the following macronutrients is rarely deficient?

A common consequence of nutrient deficiencies in plants is chlorosis. What is chlorosis?

When tropical forests are cut for agriculture, they often do not produce highly productive crop growth. What is probably limiting the growth of a crop in the tropical forest?

Which of the following elements is considered an essential macronutrient for plants?

Which of the following elements is considered an essential micronutrient for plants?

Which of the following elements is considered an essential micronutrient for plants?

Which of the following elements is considered an essential macronutrient for plants?

Which of the following statements does NOT describe an essential element?

Which of the following does NOT describe tropical rainforests?

Which of the following nutrient deficiencies does NOT result in leaf chlorosis?

Experiments have shown that even if it is supplied by no other means, plants near the ocean can get enough of one of the following essential micronutrients from the air, and also from sweat from a person's hands. Which of the following is that macronutrient?

What kind of process is called hydroponic culture?

Which of the following elements is considered an essential macronutrient for plants?

Which of the following elements is considered an essential micronutrient for plants?

Which of the following comprise(s) more than 90% of the weight of plant tissues?

Imagine that you are a farmer who chose not to rotate your crops with soybeans even though the local extension agent recommended that you do so. Which deficiency symptom in your crops should indicate to you that the extension agent's advice was correct?

Which of the following disease symptoms would you expect to see in legumes grown in soil deficient of iron?

Which of the following elements is NOT considered an essential micronutrient for plants in general, but is required by horsetails and perhaps some grasses such as wheat?

You might infer from packages of commercial fertilizer that three of the following nutrients are most limiting to plant growth. What are those three?