HS 201 Final Exam Questions and Answers 2026

HS 201 Final Exam Questions and Answers 2026 Viticulture is a. the growth of fruits and nuts b. the growth of grapes c. the growth of trees d. the growth of vegetables b. the growth of grapes What color are the flowers of poinsettias? a. orange b. yellow c. red d. white e. pink b. Yellow A herbaceous perennial plant: a. is evergreen and grows all year long b. non-woody plants that typically dies back to the ground in the winter and then re-grows from the roots the following spring c. lives for only one season d. loses its leaves in the winter but the stem remains alive B. non-woody plants that typically dies back to the ground in the winter and then re-grows from the roots the following spring Humans are in what biological classification Order? a. animals b. homo c. primates d. mammals e. apes c. primates In the plant world: Can a variety have a cultivar? a. YES b. NO a. YES Humans are in what biological classification class? a. animal b. homo c. primates d. mammals e. apes d. mammals Ferns are in a class of plants that reproduce by a. spores b. cones c. seeds d. flowers e. leaves a. spores Dicots are a. a sub-classification within the class angiosperms b. plants that have one cotyledon c. herbaceous plants d. weeds e. cone bearing plants A. a sub-classfication within the class angiosperms Swedish botanist who created the current system of plant nomenclature: a. Oliver Grunert b. Carl Linneaus c. George Vanderbilt d. Willie Wonka e. Seymour Van Dyke b. Carl Linneaus Which of the following is an example of a class of plants that we discussed? a. Magnoliaceae b. Angiospermae c. Dicot d. Magnolia e. Magnolia grandiflora B. Angiospermae Which of the following is a properly written name of an interspecific hybrid plant? a. _Ilex_ hy. _cornuta_ b. _Cornus alba_ 'Siberica' c. X /Cuprocyparis leylandii/ d. /Gleditsia triacanthos var. intermis/ e. _Abelia_ x _grandiflora_ e. _Abelia_ x _grandiflora_ What is the primary difference between plants in the class Angiospermae and plants in the class Gymnospermae? a. Angiosperms have one "seed leaf" and Gymnosperms have two b. Gymnosperms are resistant to broad leaf weed killers and Angiosperms are not c. Gymnosperms bear "naked seeds" and Angiosperms bear seeds that are enclosed in a fruit d. Gymnosperms produce spores and Angiosperms produce seeds c. Gymnosperms bear 'naked seeds' and Angiosperms bear seeds that are enclosed in a fruit Modified leaf which aides in a vine's ability to climb? a. adventitious root b. tendrils c. prickles d. nutating cladophylls e. scintillating fingerets b. Tendrils Plant taxonomy/classification is a system that classifies plants based on their: a. taste b. bark characteristics c. bud arrangement d. leaf arrangement e. flower characteristics e. Flower characteristics Vegetative plant parts can be variable from location to location. Which of the following is NOT a reason why plant leaves (vegetative parts) can change or be different on the same plant or different plants of the same species? a. Genetics b. Age c. Chemical Composition d. Maturity e. Environmental pressures C. Chemical Composition All of the following characteristics make a plant horticultural and NOT agronomic EXCEPT: a. used primarily in its living state b. Highly perishable c. High in constituent water content d. Intensively cultivated (high labor requirement) e. Maximum productivity focused on large acreage and not individual plants E. Maximum productivity focused on large acreage and not individual plants The USDA Hardiness Zone Map outlines 11 different area in North America (13 on the new 2010 map) where plants can grow. What data were used to generate this map? a. average minimal temperatures for a given area b. average maximum temperatures for a given area c. average overall temperatures for a given area d. average summer temperatures for a given area e. soil temperatures a. average minimal temperatures for a given area A plant sexual condition in which a plant species has male flowers on one plant and female flowers on another separate plant (two houses) a. polygamy b. bisexual c. hermaproditic d. monoecious e. dioecious e. dioecious Which of the following is a clone? a. cultivar b. hybrid c. species d. variety e. dearth vader a. cultivar