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ISA Arborist Certification Study Guide
Chapter 1
Excurrent, Decurrent - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Trees with upright growth and a strong, central leader are said to exhibit __________ growth. Mycorrhizae - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Roots and fungi form ___________, which are a symbolic relationship, aiding in the uptake of water and minerals. Respiration - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer The process by which chemical engery, stored as sugars and starch, is released is called ___________. Deciduous, Evergreen - ✔ ️ ✔ Correct Answer Trees that lose their leaves in the autumn are called __________. Trees that maintain their leaves for more than one year are called ___________. Auxin - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Plant growth regulator
Chlorophyll - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Green pigment
Cuticle - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Waxy covering of a leaf Petiole - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer "Stalk" of a leaf
Internode - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Between the nodes of a twig Lenticel - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Small openings in stems for gas exchange Ray - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Cells that cross the phloem and xylem for radial transport Absorbing roots - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Mostly located in the upper 12 inches (30 cm) of soil Source - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Mature, green leaves -- sugar producers Sink - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Uses for energy than it produces.
Apical - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Meristems located at the end of the shoots are called primary or __________ meristems. Apical dominance - ✔ ️ ✔ Correct Answer The tendency for terminal buds to inhibit the growth of lateral buds is called __________. Leaves - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer The "food factories" of trees are the _________. Photosynthesis, Oxygen - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer The procress of ___________ combines carbon dioxide and water in the reaction driven by light to produce sugars. __________ is also a product of this reaction. Chlorophyll - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer The green color of leaves is created by the presence of _________, which is necessary for photosynthesis.
Transpiration - ✔ ️ ✔ Correct Answer ___________ is the loss of water vapor from the leaves. Stomata, guard cells - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer The opening and closing of _________ allow for gas exchange, and transpiration is controlled by the __________ _________. Xylem, Phloem - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer Water and dissolved essential minerals are transported within the tree in the ________. The __________ conducts carbohydrates. Cambium - ✔ ️ ✔ Correct Answer The _________ is a layer of meristematic cells located between the phloem and xylem. Branch collar, Branch bark ridge - ✔️ ✔ Correct Answer The _________ _________ is formed when trunk tissue grows around branch tissues. As the branch and trunk tissues expand against each other in the branch union, the ________ ____ ________ is formed.
