HS 201 Exam 1 NCSU Questions and
Answers 2026
Horticulture - answer Culture of garden plants
Hortus - answer garden
Colere/culturae – answer to cultivate
What makes a plant horticultural? – answer Used primarily in its living state
Highly perishable
High in constituent water
Intensively cultivated
Botany – answer Study of plant growth and development
Classifies plant by their evolutionary relationships, not by their use
Traditionally focuses on wild/native plants
Agronomy and Forestry – answer Management of plants for increased production
Does not focus on individual plants but instead large acreage
Less intensive management than horticulture crops
Appearance less important
Olericulture – answer study of the cultivation of vegetables
tomatoes - answer#1 selling veggie
California - answer#1 veggie producer
Pomology - answerstudy of the cultivation of fruits
Post harvest physiology - answerstudy of extending the keeping quality (shelf life) of
horticultural products
Main examples of post harvest physiology - answerRoses, bananas, Christmas trees
Viticulture - answercultivation of grapes
Enology - answerstudy of the wine and the making of wine
Hampton Court Palace - answerformer palace of royal monarchy
Has spot of barren fallow soil
, One vine is greenhouse and gets nutrients from that one spot with no competition
Floriculture - answergrowth and study of flowers
Poinsettia - answer#1 flower sold
yellow - answerThe flower color of all poinsettias
Greenhouse management - answerstudy and growth of plants in a greenhouse
environment
Turf grass management - answergrowth and study of turf grass
Nursery management - answeroutdoor growth and study of plants produced for use in
landscapes
Oregon - answerBiggest production of nursery management
Landscape horticulture - answerdesigning spaces with plants
George Washington Vanderbilt - answerBiltmore
Richard Morris Hunt - answerBiltmore architect
Fredrick Law Olmsted - answerBiltmore landscape architect
Interiorscaping - answerthe use of design to place and care for indoor plants
80% - answeramount of people that hadn't noticed that there were plants in Crabtree
Horticultural therapy - answerusing plants as a therapeutic tool
Arboriculture - answergrowth and study of trees
9/11 Memorial Tree - answerpyrus calleryana
Plant taxonomy and nomenclature - answerBased on reproductive similarities
3 main reasons naming plants not based on leaves - answerGenetics
Age (Adult vs. Juvenile)
Environmental
Genetic = polymorphic - answerGreen backs & brown backs
Environmental stimuli - answerLeaves in shade will larger and darker green
North is shady & south is sunny
Answers 2026
Horticulture - answer Culture of garden plants
Hortus - answer garden
Colere/culturae – answer to cultivate
What makes a plant horticultural? – answer Used primarily in its living state
Highly perishable
High in constituent water
Intensively cultivated
Botany – answer Study of plant growth and development
Classifies plant by their evolutionary relationships, not by their use
Traditionally focuses on wild/native plants
Agronomy and Forestry – answer Management of plants for increased production
Does not focus on individual plants but instead large acreage
Less intensive management than horticulture crops
Appearance less important
Olericulture – answer study of the cultivation of vegetables
tomatoes - answer#1 selling veggie
California - answer#1 veggie producer
Pomology - answerstudy of the cultivation of fruits
Post harvest physiology - answerstudy of extending the keeping quality (shelf life) of
horticultural products
Main examples of post harvest physiology - answerRoses, bananas, Christmas trees
Viticulture - answercultivation of grapes
Enology - answerstudy of the wine and the making of wine
Hampton Court Palace - answerformer palace of royal monarchy
Has spot of barren fallow soil
, One vine is greenhouse and gets nutrients from that one spot with no competition
Floriculture - answergrowth and study of flowers
Poinsettia - answer#1 flower sold
yellow - answerThe flower color of all poinsettias
Greenhouse management - answerstudy and growth of plants in a greenhouse
environment
Turf grass management - answergrowth and study of turf grass
Nursery management - answeroutdoor growth and study of plants produced for use in
landscapes
Oregon - answerBiggest production of nursery management
Landscape horticulture - answerdesigning spaces with plants
George Washington Vanderbilt - answerBiltmore
Richard Morris Hunt - answerBiltmore architect
Fredrick Law Olmsted - answerBiltmore landscape architect
Interiorscaping - answerthe use of design to place and care for indoor plants
80% - answeramount of people that hadn't noticed that there were plants in Crabtree
Horticultural therapy - answerusing plants as a therapeutic tool
Arboriculture - answergrowth and study of trees
9/11 Memorial Tree - answerpyrus calleryana
Plant taxonomy and nomenclature - answerBased on reproductive similarities
3 main reasons naming plants not based on leaves - answerGenetics
Age (Adult vs. Juvenile)
Environmental
Genetic = polymorphic - answerGreen backs & brown backs
Environmental stimuli - answerLeaves in shade will larger and darker green
North is shady & south is sunny
