Hort I Plant Physiology

Question 1

The part of Biology that deals with plants.

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Botany

Question 2

The tissue that transports water and nutrients up from the roots to the stems and leaves

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Xylem

Question 3

Vegetative plant parts are

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roots, stems, leaves

Question 4

The production of plants and animals for human use.

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Agriculture

Question 5

The movement of water and minerals through the plant is:

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Translocation

Question 6

The collective male parts of a flower:

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Stamen

Question 7

Plants with which root system is easier to transplant?

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Fibrous

Question 8

Growing field crops, such as wheat, cotton, and soybeans

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Agronomy

Question 9

The plant part that attracts insects for pollination is the

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flower

Question 10

Old inactive xylem is:

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heartwood

Question 11

Bark is:

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old inactive phloem

Question 12

Plants that live MORE than two years

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Perennial

Question 13

A plant that is limp because it does not have enough moisture

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Wilted

Question 14

Floriculture, Landscape, Olericulture, Pomology, and Viticulture are divisions of

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Horticulture

Question 15

Plants that grow best in warm temperatures

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Warm season

Question 16

The primary function of plant seeds is:

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sexual reproduction

Question 17

What type of flower has only male or female flower parts?

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Incomplete

Question 18

The large flat part of the leaf

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Blade

Question 19

As part of regular biological processes, a deciduous tree:

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drops it's functional leaves in the dormant season

Question 20

Anchoring plants, storing food, and absorbing water are functions of plant

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roots

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