Free WSET Wine Production Test 1

Question 1

What is weather?

Accepted Answer

Changes over a period of time (Day to day, hour to hour)

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Represents the average weather over a long period of time

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Areas of high pressure

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Areas of low pressure

Question 2

What is climate?

Accepted Answer

Represents the average weather over a long period of time

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Changes over a period of time

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Areas of high pressure

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Areas of low pressure

Question 3

What are anticyclones?

Accepted Answer

Areas of high pressure; sinking; in the N hemisphere air rotates clockwise

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Areas of low pressure; rising air; in the N. Hemisphere air rotates anti-clockwise

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Cloudy weather, rain, and wind

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Central element in light-activated processes

Question 4

What is the role of sunlight?

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To activate and maintain the photosynthesis process

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To provide water for the plant

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To cool down the plant during hot weather

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To increase soil fertility

Question 5

How can you decrease solar radiation and thus berry temperature?

Accepted Answer

Shade the berries with leaves

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Increase irrigation

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Use fertilizers

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Prune the vines heavily

Question 6

True or False: Sunlight has an inhibitory effect on the development of diseases.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

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FALSE

Question 7

Winter temperatures below ___________ cause severe injuries, ranging from damaged winter buds to grapevine mortality.

Accepted Answer

-15 to -20 ˚C

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-5 to -10 ˚C

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-10 to -15 ˚C

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-20 to -25 ˚C

Question 8

In spring, at onset of vegetative growth, the vine is sensitive to temperatures below ____________.

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0 ˚C, especially <-2.5˚C

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5 ˚C

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10 ˚C

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15 ˚C

Question 9

At what temperature do grapes become affected by extreme heat?

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> 35 ˚C

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> 25 ˚C

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> 30 ˚C

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> 40 ˚C

Question 10

What are the effects of spring frost?

Accepted Answer

Can cause mortality of primary buds or young shoots, delays vegetative growth, reduces yield, and affects current year and next year

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Increases grape yield

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Enhances vine growth

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No significant effect