Exam 1

Question 1

T/F: All incomplete flowers are imperfect.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T/F: When we eat potatoes we are eating part of the plant’s root.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

T/F: Dioecious plants have perfect flowers

Answer 3

False

Question 4

High temps increase transpiration

Answer 4

True

Question 5

China produces more fruit & vegetables than any other country in the world.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Leaf veins in dicots are parallel

Answer 6

False

Question 7

5 careers in the horticultural industry.

Answer 7

winemaker, vineyard manager, greenhouse manager, landscape specialist, floral designer

Question 8

Define horticulture

Answer 8

Horticulture is the science and art of producing, improving, marketing, and using fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants.”

Question 9

Name three parts of a pistil

Answer 9

ovary, style, stigma

Question 10

Pomology

Answer 10

Science and practice of growing, harvesting, processing, and marketing fruits and nuts

Question 11

Floriculture

Answer 11

Growing and production of flowers and foliage plants

Question 12

Corolla

Answer 12

Collective term for the petals of a flower

Question 13

Samara

Answer 13

A dry indehiscent fruit that has one seed and a wing-like structure formed from the ovary wall; ex. maple

Question 14

Perennial

Answer 14

A plant that can live more than two years

Question 15

Olericulture

Answer 15

Science and practice of growing, harvesting, processing, and marketing vegetables

Question 16

Monoecious

Answer 16

A plant species that has pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers on the same plant. ex. corn

Question 17

Follicle

Answer 17

A dry dehiscent fruit that splits along only one suture. Ex. milkweed

Question 18

Pome

Answer 18

A fruit made of several carpels; the outer flesh layer is derived from the hypanthium of the flower. ex. pear

Question 19

Lateral

Answer 19

A type of meristem that is responsible for the increase in girth, or secondary growth, of biennial and perennial

Question 20

Biennial

Answer 20

A plant that requires two seasons to complete its life cycle

Question 21

Perianth

Answer 21

All sepals and petals together

Question 22

Arboriculture

Answer 22

Cultivation of woody plants, especially trees, shrubs, and vines, in the landscape

Question 23

Hesperidium

Answer 23

Fruit composed of several carpels w/inner juice sacs enclosed in a leathery rind. ex. orange

Question 24

Turfgrass science

Answer 24

Culture and utilization of grass for lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, recreations areas, and commercial areas

Question 25

Dioecious

Answer 25

A plant species that has pistillate (female) and staminate (male) flowers on different plants. ex. holly

Question 26

of cotyledons in embryo for monocots

Answer 26

one

Question 27

of cotyledons in embryo for dicots

Answer 27

two

Question 28

of flower parts for monocots

Answer 28

multiples of 3

Question 29

of flower parts for dicots

Answer 29

multiples of 4s or 5s

Question 30

Equation for photosynthesis

Answer 30

Co2+6H2O --light--> C6H12O6+6O2

Question 31

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable. Why?

Answer 31

Botanically a fruit. Horticulturally a vegetable. The definition for a botanical fruit is a mature ovary w/seeds so therefore a tomato would be included. But horticultural vegetable is used for a savory meal which would be a tomato.

Question 32

3 steps of cellular respiration

Answer 32

1. Glycolysis 2. Krebs Cycle 3. Electron Chain Transport

Question 33

On woody plants, the small pores on the stems (woody stems) that permit gas exchange are called

Answer 33

lenticels

Question 34

Process by which a plant naturally cools its leaf surface via the evaporation of water at the leaf surface is called

Answer 34

transpiration

Question 35

Which of the following is the correct format for the Ca. Wonder cultivar of bell pepper

Answer 35

(italics) Capsium annuum cv. California Wonder

Question 36

Who founded the American Society for Horticulturial Science?

Answer 36

Liberty Hyde Bailey

Question 37

In the binomial system of nomenclature and classification, which of the following taxa is more inclusive (larger group of plants) than class?

Answer 37

Division

Question 38

The group of vascular plants that reproduces by spores:

Answer 38

Pteridophyta

Question 39

The botanist who credited w/developing the binomial system of nomenclature was:

Answer 39

Carl Linnaeus

Question 40

Roots that form on tissue other than root tissue derived from the root apical meristem are called

Answer 40

Adventitious roots

Question 41

The science of classifying and naming plants according to their presumed evolutionary relationship to each other is called:

Answer 41

Taxonomy

Question 42

Compressed underground stems w/fleshy, overlapping leaves that resemble scales are called:

Answer 42

Bulbs

Question 43

A fruit in which individual pistils from one flower develop into tiny fruitlets on a single receptacle is called:

Answer 43

Aggregate fruit

Question 44

Bark is composed of

Answer 44

phloem, cork cambium, cork