Horticulture Terms And Intro To Botany

Question 1

What is another name for floriculture plants?

Answer 1

Bedding plants-grown for their blossom

Question 2

What is the study of plants called?

Answer 2

Botany

Question 3

What type walls do plant cells have?

Answer 3

Plant cells (opposed to animal cells) have rigid walls

Question 4

What do plant walls contain?

Answer 4

Cellulose

Question 5

Wood is composed of cellulose that is impregnated with what special material?

Answer 5

Lignin

Question 6

What is inside the plant cell wall?

Answer 6

Jelly - like material called protoplasm

Question 7

What is within protoplasm?

Answer 7

A dense material called the nucleus

Question 8

What does nucleus do?

Answer 8

Controls the cell and its processes

Question 9

Ornamental plants are either

Answer 9

Floriculture plants or nursery plants

Question 10

What colour are chloroplasts?

Answer 10

Green- since they contain chlorophyll

Question 11

What is chlorophyll?

Answer 11

It's a chemical that uses 
Sunlight 
Carbon dioxide from the air 
Water 
And other nutrients to make carbohydrates that the plant uses for energy

Question 12

What is xylem?

Answer 12

It transports water.

Question 13

What is phloem?

Answer 13

It transports food made in the leaves.

Question 14

What is the major function of roots?

Plus one other function.

Answer 14

Absorbs water and nutrients from the soil. Also to anchor the plant

Question 15

What are the two types of plant roots

Answer 15

Taproots and fibrous roots

Question 16

What is the difference between taproot and fibrous root?

Answer 16

Taproots are deep and fibrous roots are shallow

Question 17

What type of root does best in drought conditions

Answer 17

Fibrous rooted plants

Question 18

What damages root hairs?

Answer 18

Dryness