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PSS 3309 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Turf-grass communities aid in which functions? - ANSWERSdust control, soil stabilization, and glare reduction Professionals within the turf grass industry may be members of these programs - ANSWERSGCSAA, STMA, and PLANET professions assoc...

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PSS 3309 Final Exam Questions &
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Turf-grass communities aid in which functions? - ANSWERSdust control, soil stabilization, and glare
reduction



Professionals within the turf grass industry may be members of these programs - ANSWERSGCSAA,
STMA, and PLANET



professions associated with learning about turf grass - ANSWERSgrounds maintenance, lawn care
operations, golf course or sports turf manager



Turf - ANSWERSA community of grass plants that form a continuous ground cover under continuous
mowing and traffic.



Carbon Dioxide - ANSWERSIncreasing levels of __________________ in the atmosphere in resulting in
variable climate and weather patterns around the world, but turfgrasses are effective at sequestering
___________________ to mitigate its atmosphereic concentrations to some level.



Oxygen - ANSWERSTurfgrasses are living, breathing plants that help us breath by providing this critical
element?



turfgrass areas provide overall benefits in these general categories - ANSWERSfunctional, beautification,
and recreation



Heat Island Effect - ANSWERSThe cooling effect from water transpiring from a dense, healthy turfgrass
canopy can limit this problem in larger urban cities



Which visual quality parameter is more a result of mower sharpness and receiving a "good quality cut"
compared to other parameters? - ANSWERSsmoothness

, Which functional quality relates more to soil properties and compaction potential with equipment or
high traffic areas that may restrict rooting and effective growth of turfgrass? - ANSWERSResiliency



Which is a characteristic of monocots that makes it different than monocots? - ANSWERSMonocots
primary growing point is at the base of the plant.



This "growing point" located on the stem of a turfgrass plant is a location for new root and shoot
growth? - ANSWERSnode



This specialized "below ground system" is commonly found in bermuda grasses and kentucky
bluegrasses allowing these species to increase lateral growth. - ANSWERSRhizome



Which turf grass quality parameter is defined as the number of shoots per area? - ANSWERSDensity



Which of these turf quality terms is defined as the width of leaf blades? - ANSWERSTexture



Which of these turfgrass species would be considered "bunch-type" grass? - ANSWERSTall Fescue



Which of these terms describes a functional quality of turfgrass that demonstrates the ability of the turf
to "bounce back" upright following traffic? - ANSWERSElasticity



This portion of the plant is the "powerhouse" where energy is CREATED through the photosynthetic
machinery of the turfgrass plant. - ANSWERSLeaf Blade



Which of these is considered a warm-season turfgrass? - ANSWERSSt. Augustine Grass



This is the only true native grass to the US and is identifiable by the large quantity of hair on the upper
and lower side of the leaf. - ANSWERSBuffalo Grass



(T/F) All the warm-season grasses discussed in this lecture will contain hair somewhere on the plant. -
ANSWERSTrue

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