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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What is horticulture?

A

Science and art of marketing, producing and improving plants

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2
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What did the Egyptians add to the knowledge?

A

Pruning and irrigation

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3
Q

What form of farming is commonly found in Peru?

A

Terrace

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4
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Who is the father of modern taxonomy?

A

Carl Linneous

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5
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Who is the father of modern horticulture?

A

Liberty Hyde Bailey

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6
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What speech is Liberty Hyde Bailey famous for?

A

The Garden Fence

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7
Q

What is Pomolgy?

A

Fruit and Nuts

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8
Q

Floriculture is what?

A

Flowers

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9
Q

Lanscape and Nursery

A

Plants grown ortimentally

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10
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Arboiculture

A

Trees and woody plant

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11
Q

Olericulture

A

Vegtables

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12
Q

Education and Research

A

Finding new things

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13
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What is the genus?

A

Noun and plants group

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14
Q

what is species?

A

Plant type and an adjective

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15
Q

Difference between a cultivar and a variety?

A

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

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16
Q

What is an Angiosperm?

A

Hardwoods and broad leaves

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17
Q

What is a gymnosperm?

A

Pines, cedar

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18
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What are the four parts of a plant?

A

Roots, leaves, flower and stem

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19
Q

What is the leaf stalk called?

A

Petiole

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20
Q

Leaf edge is called?

A

Margin

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21
Q

The tip of the leaf is called?

A

Appex

22
Q

What is the skin of the leaf called?

A

Epidermis

23
Q

Describe turgid

A

The guard cells contain too much water

24
Q

What is guttation?

A

Releasing moisture from the plant to reduce water contene

25
Q

Chemical process for Photosynthesis

A

6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 +6O2 (carbon dioxide+water —>Glucose +oxygen)

26
Q

Which movement does xylem and ploem move food and water?

A

Water UP

Food Down

27
Q

Differences in monocots and dicots are?

A

Monocot is fiberous root systems and has one cotyledon

Dicot is taproot and has two cotyledon

28
Q

What is phototropic

A

Grow towards the light

29
Q

What is the male sex cell?

A

Anther

30
Q

Female sex cell?

A

Ovules

31
Q

Describe Genotype.

A

Genetic makeup of an organism

32
Q

Describe Phenotype

A

Visible result of interaction between the genetics and environment (height)

33
Q

Describe heredity

A

Ability to transmit information to offspring

34
Q

What does the nucleus contain?

A

chromosomes

35
Q

What transcription produce RNA?

A

DNA

36
Q

What translation is made up of polypeptides/proteins?

A

RNA

37
Q

What is a Genome?

A

Complete set of chromosomes

38
Q

What is the name of 1 set (n)?

A

Monoploid

39
Q

Name of a 2 set (n)

A

Diploid

40
Q

3 set (n) or more is called?

A

Polyploid

41
Q

Which genome is paired at meiosis and have similar structural features and the same gene patterns.

A

Homologous

42
Q

What genome is where a pair of genes has a recessive and a dominant.

A

Heterozygous

43
Q

Describe an alleles.

A

Genes occupy the same position on chromosomes

44
Q

What is the position of the gene called?

A

Locus

45
Q

Describe a trait.

A

A trait (phenotype) is determined by genes which can have different alleles on homologous chromosomes

46
Q

When is the recessive gene expressed?

A

Only if both alleles are recessive (rr)

47
Q

Who created the Punnett square?

A

Reginal Punnett in the 1900s

48
Q

Who is the father of genetics?

A

Gregor Mendal

49
Q

What are the Three Principles of Inheritance?

A
  • Law of Dominance
  • Law of Segregation
  • Law of Independent Assortment
50
Q

What are the generations called?

A

Fillia

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