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Floral Design Final Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Know the different parts of a flower. - ✔✔o Petals:
o Sepals:
o Pistols:
o Stamens:
o Petals - ✔✔segments of the corolla of a flower
Sepals - ✔✔each of the parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals
and typically green and leaflike.
pistils - ✔✔female reproductive part of a flower, centrally located
stamens - ✔✔male fertilizing organ of a flower
• What two names comprise the scientific name? - ✔✔o Genus: 1st name,
general
o Specific Epithet: 2nd name, species
• What are the five shape or types of flower categories? - ✔✔o Line
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o Form
o Foliage
o Mass
o Filler
Know the difference between the types of flower categories. - ✔✔o Line:
skeleton
o Form: center of interest
o Mass: Focal point
o Filler: background
• What type of flowers form the skeleton of a design? - ✔✔o Line flowers
• What is senescence? - ✔✔o Death of a flower
• What are the three main ingredients in floral preservative? - ✔✔o Acidifier
o Sugars
o Biocide
• At what temperature should most flowers be stored? - ✔✔o 33-35 deg F
• At what temperatures should tropical flowers be stored? - ✔✔o 50-60 deg
F
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• What is transpiration? - ✔✔o Process by which plants lose water through
openings in their leaves
• What is ethylene gas? - ✔✔o Naturally occurring gas in flowers that
speeds up maturity
• What is a primary color? - ✔✔o Red, Yellow, Blue
• What is a secondary color? - ✔✔o Orange, Green, Purple
• What is a tertiary color? - ✔✔o Red-violet, yellow-green, red-orange,
yellow-orange, blue-green, blue-purple
• What colors are neutral in floral design? - ✔✔o Gray, Tan, Brown, Beige,
White, Black
What is a tint? - ✔✔o Color + white
• What is a tone? - ✔✔o Color + Gray
• What is a shade? - ✔✔o Color + Black
• What colors are warm colors? - ✔✔o Red, orange, yellow
• What colors are cool colors? - ✔✔Green, Blue, Purple
• What are the three main categories of color schemes? - ✔✔o Related
o Contrasting
Floral Design Final Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Know the different parts of a flower. - ✔✔o Petals:
o Sepals:
o Pistols:
o Stamens:
o Petals - ✔✔segments of the corolla of a flower
Sepals - ✔✔each of the parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals
and typically green and leaflike.
pistils - ✔✔female reproductive part of a flower, centrally located
stamens - ✔✔male fertilizing organ of a flower
• What two names comprise the scientific name? - ✔✔o Genus: 1st name,
general
o Specific Epithet: 2nd name, species
• What are the five shape or types of flower categories? - ✔✔o Line
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o Form
o Foliage
o Mass
o Filler
Know the difference between the types of flower categories. - ✔✔o Line:
skeleton
o Form: center of interest
o Mass: Focal point
o Filler: background
• What type of flowers form the skeleton of a design? - ✔✔o Line flowers
• What is senescence? - ✔✔o Death of a flower
• What are the three main ingredients in floral preservative? - ✔✔o Acidifier
o Sugars
o Biocide
• At what temperature should most flowers be stored? - ✔✔o 33-35 deg F
• At what temperatures should tropical flowers be stored? - ✔✔o 50-60 deg
F
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
• What is transpiration? - ✔✔o Process by which plants lose water through
openings in their leaves
• What is ethylene gas? - ✔✔o Naturally occurring gas in flowers that
speeds up maturity
• What is a primary color? - ✔✔o Red, Yellow, Blue
• What is a secondary color? - ✔✔o Orange, Green, Purple
• What is a tertiary color? - ✔✔o Red-violet, yellow-green, red-orange,
yellow-orange, blue-green, blue-purple
• What colors are neutral in floral design? - ✔✔o Gray, Tan, Brown, Beige,
White, Black
What is a tint? - ✔✔o Color + white
• What is a tone? - ✔✔o Color + Gray
• What is a shade? - ✔✔o Color + Black
• What colors are warm colors? - ✔✔o Red, orange, yellow
• What colors are cool colors? - ✔✔Green, Blue, Purple
• What are the three main categories of color schemes? - ✔✔o Related
o Contrasting
