Exam Review Flashcards
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- A crucial skill for success in a horticulture career is?
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A. An understanding of plant needs and plant growth
2
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- The direction a person’s life takes as related to their choice of work is called a?
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B. Career
3
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- The first step in describing what a person wants to do with their life?
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C. Goal setting
4
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- Landscape maintenance work involves?
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A. Mowing, pruning, weed control, and fertilization
5
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- Some jobs and occupations related to golf course maintenance and design include:?
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B. Superintendent, assistant superintendent, and course architect
6
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- The culture of plants for food, comfort, and beautification purposes is known as?
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A. Horticulture
7
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- The growth and use of plants for their beauty is known as?
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C. Ornamental horticulture
8
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- The area of horticulture associated with cut flowers, potted plants, and annual bedding plants is?
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B. Floriculture
9
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- A place, which specializes in starting plants, shrubs, and ornamental trees, which can later be transplanted to landscape areas, is called a?
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C. Nursery
10
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- The production and use of plants to beautify the environment is?
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A. Landscape horticulture
11
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- The two names used to identify plants based on binomial nomenclature are?
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B. Genus and species
12
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- Plants, which grow from a seed, then flower, then produce seeds in one season are called?
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A. Annuals
13
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- Plants, which produced and stored food during the first growing season, flower only during their second season, then die are classified as?
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B. Biennials
14
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- Plants, which live for three or more years are referred to as?
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C. Perennials
15
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- What are the functions of the root?
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B. Anchor the plant, absorb water and nutrients, store food
16
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- What are the two common root systems?
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A. Fibrous and taproot
17
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- Healthy roots typically appear?
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B. White or creamy and smell fresh
18
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- What is the primary function of the leaf ?
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A. Use light energy to make food
19
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- The leaf stem is called a?
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D. Petiole
20
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- A leaf consisting of a single blade and petiole is considered a?
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C. Simple leaf
21
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- What is the function of the flower?
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D. Sexual reproduction of the plant
