Test 1 Flashcards

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What is horticulture?

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Science and art of marketing, producing and improving plants

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What did the Egyptians add to the knowledge?

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Pruning and irrigation

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3
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What form of farming is commonly found in Peru?

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Terrace

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4
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Who is the father of modern taxonomy?

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Carl Linneous

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5
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Who is the father of modern horticulture?

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Liberty Hyde Bailey

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6
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What speech is Liberty Hyde Bailey famous for?

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The Garden Fence

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7
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What is Pomolgy?

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Fruit and Nuts

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8
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Floriculture is what?

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Flowers

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9
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Lanscape and Nursery

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Plants grown ortimentally

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10
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Arboiculture

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Trees and woody plant

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11
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Olericulture

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Vegtables

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12
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Education and Research

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Finding new things

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13
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What is the genus?

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Noun and plants group

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14
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what is species?

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Plant type and an adjective

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Difference between a cultivar and a variety?

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Cultivar is a mutation due to human activity (cv.) a variety occurs normally in nature.

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16
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What is an Angiosperm?

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Hardwoods and broad leaves

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17
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What is a gymnosperm?

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Pines, cedar

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18
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What are the four parts of a plant?

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Roots, leaves, flower and stem

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19
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What is the leaf stalk called?

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Petiole

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20
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Leaf edge is called?

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Margin

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The tip of the leaf is called?

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What is the skin of the leaf called?

23
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Describe turgid

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The guard cells contain too much water

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What is guttation?

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Releasing moisture from the plant to reduce water contene

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Chemical process for Photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O ---> C6H12O6 +6O2 (carbon dioxide+water --->Glucose +oxygen)
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Which movement does xylem and ploem move food and water?
Water UP | Food Down
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Differences in monocots and dicots are?
Monocot is fiberous root systems and has one cotyledon | Dicot is taproot and has two cotyledon
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What is phototropic
Grow towards the light
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What is the male sex cell?
Anther
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Female sex cell?
Ovules
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Describe Genotype.
Genetic makeup of an organism
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Describe Phenotype
Visible result of interaction between the genetics and environment (height)
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Describe heredity
Ability to transmit information to offspring
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What does the nucleus contain?
chromosomes
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What transcription produce RNA?
DNA
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What translation is made up of polypeptides/proteins?
RNA
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What is a Genome?
Complete set of chromosomes
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What is the name of 1 set (n)?
Monoploid
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Name of a 2 set (n)
Diploid
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3 set (n) or more is called?
Polyploid
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Which genome is paired at meiosis and have similar structural features and the same gene patterns.
Homologous
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What genome is where a pair of genes has a recessive and a dominant.
Heterozygous
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Describe an alleles.
Genes occupy the same position on chromosomes
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What is the position of the gene called?
Locus
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Describe a trait.
A trait (phenotype) is determined by genes which can have different alleles on homologous chromosomes
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When is the recessive gene expressed?
Only if both alleles are recessive (rr)
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Who created the Punnett square?
Reginal Punnett in the 1900s
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Who is the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendal
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What are the Three Principles of Inheritance?
- Law of Dominance - Law of Segregation - Law of Independent Assortment
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What are the generations called?
Fillia