Horticulture Quiz Combination

Botany is the hard science behind the ____________________ science of horticulture.

Applied

Olericulture is the study of ____________________.

Vegetables

There are no jobs in horticulture that require extensive training and/or education.

False

Soil science and entomology have very little to do with horticulture.

false

Which field related to horticulture requires an extensive background in genetics?

plant breeding

Which one of the following botanical plant names is formatted correctly?

A. Platanus Occidentalis

B. Beucarnia recurvata

C. Eleagnus angustifolia

D. Picea pungens f. glauca

C. Eleagnus angustifolia

______ have 2 seed leaves, flower parts in multiples of ___or ___ (List flower part multiples from least 0 to greatest 10) and have _____ veins, while _____ have 1 seed leaf, flower parts in multiples of and ____veins. 

Dicots, 4 or 5, netted, monocots, 3, parallel

Which botanical classification level is most similar to the last name in a family?

Genus

_____are human-selected clones that are propagated and maintained vegetatively or asexually, while ____are sexually propagated or bred plants that are NOT clones, but look similar enough generally that they look like they are.

Cultivars, lines

Which plant is a hybrid or cross between two genera (plural of genus)?

A. Platanus x acerifolia

B. X Fatshedera

C. Caryopteris x clandonensis

D. Rosa rugosa

B. X Fatshedera

Annual plants are classified into 2 categories in terms of their tolerance to frost or freezing.  They are either frost tender, where even a light frost kills the OR they are frost _________________ [frostreaction], meaning they can endure some frosts before succumbing.

hardy

What is the difference between and herbaceous plant and a woody plant?

herbaceous plant tissues are "soft", and herbaceous plants survive winter underground

_____ tissue moves food around the plant and is mostly living tissue, whereas ____ tissue is mostly dead tissue at maturity and moves water up through the plant.

Phloem; xylem

All of the following are examples of adventitious roots, EXCEPT:

stolons

Alternate

one bud per node

opposite 

two buds per node

whorled

3+ leaves per node

Which if the following doesn't fit into the group of modified stems?

bract

Which leaf pigment does not contribute to fall color of deciduous leaves?

chlorophyll

Plants in a juvenile phase or state will flower if the correct light conditions are met

False

For a plant to be monoecious, it must have perfect flowers.

False

Fruits that form without fertilization are called _________________ fruit.  They are seedless.

pathenocarpic

Seeds that form inside a fruit WITHOUT fertilization contain embryos that are clones.  This process is called ______________.

apomixis

_____ stores the genes that control an organism.  _____ makes proteins that fulfill plant functions based on the genetic code.

DNA; RNA

______ results in the splitting of a single cell into 2 identical daughter cells, while _____ results in the formation of gametes that are haploid.

Mitosis; Meiosis

What is NOT a benefit of horticultural crop genetic improvements?

improved photosynthetic efficiency

Polyploidy generally makes plants more vigorous and productive.

True

When a second sperm nucleus unties with other tissues in the ovary to make endosperm, what is the ploidy level of that endosperm?

3n