HS 201 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers

HS 201 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers What is horticulture? The growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. hortus garden Colere, cultus cultivation what makes a plant horticultural? -Used primarily in its living state -Highly perishable -High water content -Intensively cultivated horticulture is art and science. applied science and basic science. botany the scientific study of plant growth and development. anatomy, physiology Agronomy and Forestry - Management of plants for mass production - Large acreage production - Less intensive management - Appearance less important Olericulture Study of vegetables Pomology the science of growing fruit post harvest physiology study of extending the keeping quality (shelf life) of horticultural products Dr's. Sylvia Blankenship and Ed Sisler Post harvest at NCSU. SmartFresh company. Viticulture grape cultivation Enology wines and wine making Foriculture growth and study of flowers greenhouse management the growing and study of plants in greenhouses Turfgrass Management The growing and study of turfgrasses. This includes home, municipal, and commercial lawns; sports turf maintenance; highway rights-of-way; and seed and sod production. nursery management The growing and study of trees and shrubs that are produced primarily for landscape purposes. Landscape Horticulture designing spaces with plants Interiorscaping design, installation & maintenance of plants indoors Horticulture Therapy Working with plants to bring about therapeutic outcomes in clients arboriculture The cultivation of trees or shrubs. interesting plant names "Touch me not" Monkey puzzle tree Bloodroot Sneezewort yarrow Lambsquarters Cheeseweed mallow Devils walking stick Plant Classification plants are divided into Categories, Subcategories, Examples, Characteristics why are plants not classified by leaf similarities? variation among leaves including: genetic, age, environmental genetic polymorphic maturity different size and shaped leaves on different aged plants environmental stimuli Change in an organism's external surroundings like a change in light or temperature Plant Kingdom The Plant Kingdom is made up of organisms that can perform photosynthesis to make food. Characteristics of the Plant Kingdom: multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic, and mostly green in color. Gymnospermae plants producing naked seeeds. around 1,000 different species. cycads, ginkgo, conifers. cones, needle leaves Filicopsida (Ferns) reproduce via spores. have neither fruits nor seeds. over 10,000 species. limited uses. Angiospermae fruit-bearing plants 300,000+ species. plants having broad leaves. uses: food, fiber beverage, paper, oils, spices. Class Angiospermae Seeds enclosed in a fruit or nut; broad leaves not evergreen. Includes Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons Monocotyledon a plant that has a single cotyledon or seed-leaf. grasses, palms, lilies, iris, orchids. Dicotyledonous plants Plants with two seed leaves and a branching pattern of veins in the leaf. deciduous trees, shrubs, fruit trees. family a group of closely related genera well known families rosaceae (roses, apples, pears, strawberries), solanaceae (potato, tomato, tobacco) fagaceae (oaks, beech chestnuts). kingdom plants