Horticulture (correct answers)
Agriculture correct answers the science and technology of growing and raising plants
and animals
Agronomy correct answers the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving field crops (grain forage and forest crops)
Forestry correct answers the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving forest trees and their products (ex: pulp, resins, oils, etc.)
Horticulture correct answers the science, technology and art of culturing, utilizing and
improving fruit, vegetable, flowering and ornamental plants.
Olericulture correct answers and area of horticulture: vegetable culture and production
Pomology correct answers and are of hort.: fruit and nut cultivation
Ornamental Hort correct answers an area of hort: plants grown for aesthetic uses,
improvement of quality of life and our environment, and functional uses (ex: energy
conservation)
Floriculture correct answers an area of ornam hort: flowering and foliage plant culture
and production
Floristry correct answers an area of orna hort: floral design and retail floristry operation
Nursery Production correct answers an area of orna hort: tree, shrub and vine culture
and production
Landscape Hort correct answers an area of orna hort: exterior and interior design,
construction and maintenance of landscapes
Turf correct answers an area of hort: grasses for lawns, sports facilities, landscapes and
golf courses ( in Agrgronomy in many Universities)
What is the function of the Dermal Tissue System? correct answers It protects from the
environment and water loss. ( from all that is evil on the outside)
Epidermis correct answers single layer of cells on primary (herbaceous) plant parts..
when plant is young
Periderm or bark correct answers a corky tissue that replaces epidermis on secondary
(woody) plant parts
, What is the function of the Vascular Tissue System? correct answers It conducts water,
nutrients, sugars and hormones throughout the plant
Xylem correct answers conducts water and nutrients UP roots, stems and leaves
Phloem correct answers conducts water, sugar, hormones, etc. DOWN and UP roots,
stems and leaves; moves from where produced (sources) to where needed (sinks)
What is the function of the Ground or Fundamental Tissue System? correct answers
storage, suport, filler tissue and site of photosynthesis
Cortex correct answers outer region of stems and roots
Pith correct answers center of stems
Mesophyll correct answers middle of leaves and flower petals
Parenchyma correct answers -most common cell type
-filler, storage, protection, photosynthesis
-Ex: flesh of potato, lettuce leaf
- isodiametric
Collenchyma correct answers -Cell wall a little thicker than Parenchyma
- unevenly thickened, non-lignified primary cell walls
- support in growing tissues
-Ex: strings of celery stalks
- longer than wide
Sclerenchyma correct answers -evenly thickenedm lignified (tough) secondary cell
walls; dead at maturity
- support in growing tissues
- Ex: fiber- bamboo cane
sclerid-seed coat
stone cell- pear fruit
Polysaccharide correct answers Part of a cell wall: a polymer or chain of sugars
Cellulose correct answers forms a matrix of microfibrils
hemicellulose correct answers filler between cellulose microfibrils ( chain of misc.
sugars)
Pectin correct answers cementing agent or filler; high in middle lamella and fruit (chains
of galacturonic acid)
Agriculture correct answers the science and technology of growing and raising plants
and animals
Agronomy correct answers the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving field crops (grain forage and forest crops)
Forestry correct answers the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving forest trees and their products (ex: pulp, resins, oils, etc.)
Horticulture correct answers the science, technology and art of culturing, utilizing and
improving fruit, vegetable, flowering and ornamental plants.
Olericulture correct answers and area of horticulture: vegetable culture and production
Pomology correct answers and are of hort.: fruit and nut cultivation
Ornamental Hort correct answers an area of hort: plants grown for aesthetic uses,
improvement of quality of life and our environment, and functional uses (ex: energy
conservation)
Floriculture correct answers an area of ornam hort: flowering and foliage plant culture
and production
Floristry correct answers an area of orna hort: floral design and retail floristry operation
Nursery Production correct answers an area of orna hort: tree, shrub and vine culture
and production
Landscape Hort correct answers an area of orna hort: exterior and interior design,
construction and maintenance of landscapes
Turf correct answers an area of hort: grasses for lawns, sports facilities, landscapes and
golf courses ( in Agrgronomy in many Universities)
What is the function of the Dermal Tissue System? correct answers It protects from the
environment and water loss. ( from all that is evil on the outside)
Epidermis correct answers single layer of cells on primary (herbaceous) plant parts..
when plant is young
Periderm or bark correct answers a corky tissue that replaces epidermis on secondary
(woody) plant parts
, What is the function of the Vascular Tissue System? correct answers It conducts water,
nutrients, sugars and hormones throughout the plant
Xylem correct answers conducts water and nutrients UP roots, stems and leaves
Phloem correct answers conducts water, sugar, hormones, etc. DOWN and UP roots,
stems and leaves; moves from where produced (sources) to where needed (sinks)
What is the function of the Ground or Fundamental Tissue System? correct answers
storage, suport, filler tissue and site of photosynthesis
Cortex correct answers outer region of stems and roots
Pith correct answers center of stems
Mesophyll correct answers middle of leaves and flower petals
Parenchyma correct answers -most common cell type
-filler, storage, protection, photosynthesis
-Ex: flesh of potato, lettuce leaf
- isodiametric
Collenchyma correct answers -Cell wall a little thicker than Parenchyma
- unevenly thickened, non-lignified primary cell walls
- support in growing tissues
-Ex: strings of celery stalks
- longer than wide
Sclerenchyma correct answers -evenly thickenedm lignified (tough) secondary cell
walls; dead at maturity
- support in growing tissues
- Ex: fiber- bamboo cane
sclerid-seed coat
stone cell- pear fruit
Polysaccharide correct answers Part of a cell wall: a polymer or chain of sugars
Cellulose correct answers forms a matrix of microfibrils
hemicellulose correct answers filler between cellulose microfibrils ( chain of misc.
sugars)
Pectin correct answers cementing agent or filler; high in middle lamella and fruit (chains
of galacturonic acid)
