HS 200 NCSU: Exam 1 Review questions with
accurate answers
"Come True From Seed" Ans✓✓✓ All offspring look exactly the same
as the parent
2 Types of Attention Ans✓✓✓ directed (limited & can be overloaded
by stress or mental fatigue) & fascination (sense of awe used to restore
mental order)
3 Names for Plants Ans✓✓✓ common names, scientific names,
trademark names
Acer Ans✓✓✓ genus of maples; produces double-winged samaras
Anacardiaceae Ans✓✓✓ family in order Sapindales containing both
cashews and poison ivy
Angiospermae Ans✓✓✓ fruit-bearing plants (flowering plants);
~350,000 species
Binomial Nomenclature Ans✓✓✓ two name official naming system;
Genus specific-epithet; Latin is the main language; avoids confusion of
common names (which are unofficial and there can be overlap with
different species sharing the same name or many different names for the
same species), used internationally, name is descriptive and helps us
understand when plants are closely related to each other
, Botanical Variety/Variety Ans✓✓✓ consistently heritable variation
(characteristics show up in all offspring); "come true from seed"; unique
characteristics are self-perpetuating; NO HUMAN CULTIVATION
Botany Ans✓✓✓ the study of plants; no purpose other than knowledge
Cauliflory Ans✓✓✓ where flowers grow directly from a branch
Cercis Ans✓✓✓ Genus of redbuds; names because the seed pods look
like a "weaver's shuttle"
Chance Seedling Ans✓✓✓ Type of cultivar; an individual that has a
random mutation from seed
Cotyledon Ans✓✓✓ "seed leaf"; first leaves that sprout out of a seed
Cultivar Ans✓✓✓ Group of cultivated plants within a species, clearly
distinguished by some characteristic, when reproduced by humans
always retain that characteristic; 3 types (chance seedlings, SPORTS,
and hybrids)
Cultivar Epithet Ans✓✓✓ Comes after Genus & specific epithet;
'Cultivar Epithet' <-- correct formatting
accurate answers
"Come True From Seed" Ans✓✓✓ All offspring look exactly the same
as the parent
2 Types of Attention Ans✓✓✓ directed (limited & can be overloaded
by stress or mental fatigue) & fascination (sense of awe used to restore
mental order)
3 Names for Plants Ans✓✓✓ common names, scientific names,
trademark names
Acer Ans✓✓✓ genus of maples; produces double-winged samaras
Anacardiaceae Ans✓✓✓ family in order Sapindales containing both
cashews and poison ivy
Angiospermae Ans✓✓✓ fruit-bearing plants (flowering plants);
~350,000 species
Binomial Nomenclature Ans✓✓✓ two name official naming system;
Genus specific-epithet; Latin is the main language; avoids confusion of
common names (which are unofficial and there can be overlap with
different species sharing the same name or many different names for the
same species), used internationally, name is descriptive and helps us
understand when plants are closely related to each other
, Botanical Variety/Variety Ans✓✓✓ consistently heritable variation
(characteristics show up in all offspring); "come true from seed"; unique
characteristics are self-perpetuating; NO HUMAN CULTIVATION
Botany Ans✓✓✓ the study of plants; no purpose other than knowledge
Cauliflory Ans✓✓✓ where flowers grow directly from a branch
Cercis Ans✓✓✓ Genus of redbuds; names because the seed pods look
like a "weaver's shuttle"
Chance Seedling Ans✓✓✓ Type of cultivar; an individual that has a
random mutation from seed
Cotyledon Ans✓✓✓ "seed leaf"; first leaves that sprout out of a seed
Cultivar Ans✓✓✓ Group of cultivated plants within a species, clearly
distinguished by some characteristic, when reproduced by humans
always retain that characteristic; 3 types (chance seedlings, SPORTS,
and hybrids)
Cultivar Epithet Ans✓✓✓ Comes after Genus & specific epithet;
'Cultivar Epithet' <-- correct formatting
