Hort I: Bedding Plant, Scientific Classification, Plant Parts & Functions

Question 1

What term is used to describe a plant that is swollen with moisture?

Accepted Answer

Turgid

Question 2

What type of plant is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Wave Petunia

Question 3

What term is used for the part of biology that deals with plants?

Accepted Answer

Botany

Question 4

What plant is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Asparagus fern

Question 5

What is the term used to describe the edge of the leaf?

Accepted Answer

Margin

Question 6

What bedding plant is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Begonia

Question 7

What plant is shown here

Accepted Answer

Coleus

Question 8

What process allows plants to release water vapor from their leaves?

Accepted Answer

Transpiration

Question 9

What term is used to describe plants that keep their leaves and remain green year-round?

Accepted Answer

Evergreen

Question 10

What bedding plant is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Geranium

Question 11

What process allows plants to convert sugars and starches into energy?

Accepted Answer

Respiration

Question 12

What term is used to describe the plant stage when a plant rests or grows very little?

Accepted Answer

Dormant

Question 13

What part of the plant does photosynthesis take place?

Accepted Answer

Leaf

Question 14

What language did Karl von Linne use to for taxonomy or scientific classification?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 15

What life cycle does a plant have if it completes its life cycle in more than two years?

Accepted Answer

Perrenial

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