HORTICULTURE EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Botany - correct answer deals with plant classification, biochemistry, anatomy, and such
without direct regard to how they affect a plants usefulness to humans
Pomology - correct answer deals with growing of tree fruits like apples and citrus
Enologist - correct answer involves winemaking science and a thorough knowledge of
grape cultivation
Olericulture - correct answer vegetable production, covers the cultivation of vegetables,
melons, and rhubarb
Arboriculture - correct answer means tree growing
Floriculture - correct answer production and sale of field grown flowers for cutting or
greenhouse grown flowers and plants
Entomology - correct answer study of insects and related pests
Plant Pathology - correct answer study of plant diseases
Eukarya - correct answer domain that all plants belong to
Taxonomy - correct answer branch of botany that deals with the naming of plants
Angiosperms - correct answer all flowering plants and nearly all food plants
Gymnosperms - correct answer foliage is generally needlelike, do not have flowers or
juicy fruits
Monocots - correct answer parallel veins, usually nonwoody plants with short stems
Dicots - correct answer many grow to large size, veins have a branching pattern
Leaf Margin - correct answer outside edge of the leaf
Leaf Apex - correct answer tip of the leaf
Leaf Covering - correct answer any hair, scales, or film on the leaf blade can be
considered a leaf covering
Stomata - correct answer the stomatal complex is a minute opening and the cells that
surround it
Botany - correct answer deals with plant classification, biochemistry, anatomy, and such
without direct regard to how they affect a plants usefulness to humans
Pomology - correct answer deals with growing of tree fruits like apples and citrus
Enologist - correct answer involves winemaking science and a thorough knowledge of
grape cultivation
Olericulture - correct answer vegetable production, covers the cultivation of vegetables,
melons, and rhubarb
Arboriculture - correct answer means tree growing
Floriculture - correct answer production and sale of field grown flowers for cutting or
greenhouse grown flowers and plants
Entomology - correct answer study of insects and related pests
Plant Pathology - correct answer study of plant diseases
Eukarya - correct answer domain that all plants belong to
Taxonomy - correct answer branch of botany that deals with the naming of plants
Angiosperms - correct answer all flowering plants and nearly all food plants
Gymnosperms - correct answer foliage is generally needlelike, do not have flowers or
juicy fruits
Monocots - correct answer parallel veins, usually nonwoody plants with short stems
Dicots - correct answer many grow to large size, veins have a branching pattern
Leaf Margin - correct answer outside edge of the leaf
Leaf Apex - correct answer tip of the leaf
Leaf Covering - correct answer any hair, scales, or film on the leaf blade can be
considered a leaf covering
Stomata - correct answer the stomatal complex is a minute opening and the cells that
surround it
