AGRI 1315 Blinn Final 2026 /2027
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing tree fruits
is called
pomology
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing vegetable crops is
called
olericulture
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing flowering plants is
called
floriculture
The science and practice of propagating, growing, installing, maintaining, and using grasses, annual
plants, shrubs, and trees in the landscape is called
landscape and nursery industry
A greenhouse employee works
mostly indoors
The greenhouse worker has a job that consists of
regular hours that are steady throughout the year
,The word horticulture is derived from a Latin word meaning
garden cultivation
Most of the jobs in horticulture require
a high school diploma
As the population grows, the horticulture industry will
grow also as the demand for plants increase
During an interview, salary should be
Scientific names are used to
avoid confusion concerning the names of plants
Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because it is
an international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names
The name of the person who developed the binomial system for naming plants is
Carolus Linnaeus
, The generic name of the plant is placed
first and begins with a capital letter
A genus can be defined as a group of plants that
have more in common with each other than they have with the members of any other genus
A species can be defined as
a group of plants that are alike in almost every feature and consistently produce like plants
Latin names of plants are italicized
because they are expressed in a different language
A person who identifies and classifies plants is known as a(n)
taxonomist
For a plant with the scientific name of Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset,' Red Sunset is the_______ name
cultivar
The scientific name of _____ is the same as its common name.
Forsythia suspensa
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing tree fruits
is called
pomology
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing vegetable crops is
called
olericulture
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing flowering plants is
called
floriculture
The science and practice of propagating, growing, installing, maintaining, and using grasses, annual
plants, shrubs, and trees in the landscape is called
landscape and nursery industry
A greenhouse employee works
mostly indoors
The greenhouse worker has a job that consists of
regular hours that are steady throughout the year
,The word horticulture is derived from a Latin word meaning
garden cultivation
Most of the jobs in horticulture require
a high school diploma
As the population grows, the horticulture industry will
grow also as the demand for plants increase
During an interview, salary should be
Scientific names are used to
avoid confusion concerning the names of plants
Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because it is
an international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names
The name of the person who developed the binomial system for naming plants is
Carolus Linnaeus
, The generic name of the plant is placed
first and begins with a capital letter
A genus can be defined as a group of plants that
have more in common with each other than they have with the members of any other genus
A species can be defined as
a group of plants that are alike in almost every feature and consistently produce like plants
Latin names of plants are italicized
because they are expressed in a different language
A person who identifies and classifies plants is known as a(n)
taxonomist
For a plant with the scientific name of Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset,' Red Sunset is the_______ name
cultivar
The scientific name of _____ is the same as its common name.
Forsythia suspensa
