HORTICULTURE TERMS TEST FULLY DEFINED #6
Agriculture - correct answer the science and technology of growing and raising plants
and animals
Agronomy - correct answer the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving field crops (grain forage and forest crops)
Forestry - correct answer the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving forest trees and their products (ex: pulp, resins, oils, etc.)
Horticulture - correct answer the science, technology and art of culturing, utilizing and
improving fruit, vegetable, flowering and ornamental plants.
Olericulture - correct answer and area of horticulture: vegetable culture and production
Pomology - correct answer and are of hort.: fruit and nut cultivation
Ornamental Hort - correct answer an area of hort: plants grown for aesthetic uses,
improvement of quality of life and our environment, and functional uses (ex: energy
conservation)
Floriculture - correct answer an area of ornam hort: flowering and foliage plant culture
and production
Floristry - correct answer an area of orna hort: floral design and retail floristry operation
Nursery Production - correct answer an area of orna hort: tree, shrub and vine culture
and production
Landscape Hort - correct answer an area of orna hort: exterior and interior design,
construction and maintenance of landscapes
Turf - correct answer an area of hort: grasses for lawns, sports facilities, landscapes
and golf courses ( in Agrgronomy in many Universities)
What is the function of the Dermal Tissue System? - correct answer It protects from the
environment and water loss. ( from all that is evil on the outside)
Epidermis - correct answer single layer of cells on primary (herbaceous) plant parts..
When plant is young
Periderm or bark - correct answer a corky tissue that replaces epidermis on secondary
(woody) plant parts
, What is the function of the Vascular Tissue System? - correct answer It conducts water,
nutrients, sugars and hormones throughout the plant
Xylem - correct answer conducts water and nutrients UP roots, stems and leaves
Phloem - correct answer conducts water, sugar, hormones, etc. DOWN and UP roots,
stems and leaves; moves from where produced (sources) to where needed (sinks)
What is the function of the Ground or Fundamental Tissue System? - correct answer
storage, suport, filler tissue and site of photosynthesis
Cortex - correct answer outer region of stems and roots
Pith - correct answer center of stems
Mesophyll - correct answer middle of leaves and flower petals
Parenchyma - correct answer -most common cell type
-filler, storage, protection, photosynthesis
-Ex: flesh of potato, lettuce leaf
- isodiametric
Collenchyma - correct answer -Cell wall a little thicker than Parenchyma
- unevenly thickened, non-lignified primary cell walls
- support in growing tissues
-Ex: strings of celery stalks
- longer than wide
Sclerenchyma - correct answer -evenly thickenedm lignified (tough) secondary cell
walls; dead at maturity
- support in growing tissues
- Ex: fiber- bamboo cane
Sclerid-seed coat
Stone cell- pear fruit
Polysaccharide - correct answer Part of a cell wall: a polymer or chain of sugars
Cellulose - correct answer forms a matrix of microfibrils
Hemicellulose - correct answer filler between cellulose microfibrils ( chain of misc.
Sugars)
Pectin - correct answer cementing agent or filler; high in middle lamella and fruit (chains
of galacturonic acid)
Agriculture - correct answer the science and technology of growing and raising plants
and animals
Agronomy - correct answer the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving field crops (grain forage and forest crops)
Forestry - correct answer the science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving forest trees and their products (ex: pulp, resins, oils, etc.)
Horticulture - correct answer the science, technology and art of culturing, utilizing and
improving fruit, vegetable, flowering and ornamental plants.
Olericulture - correct answer and area of horticulture: vegetable culture and production
Pomology - correct answer and are of hort.: fruit and nut cultivation
Ornamental Hort - correct answer an area of hort: plants grown for aesthetic uses,
improvement of quality of life and our environment, and functional uses (ex: energy
conservation)
Floriculture - correct answer an area of ornam hort: flowering and foliage plant culture
and production
Floristry - correct answer an area of orna hort: floral design and retail floristry operation
Nursery Production - correct answer an area of orna hort: tree, shrub and vine culture
and production
Landscape Hort - correct answer an area of orna hort: exterior and interior design,
construction and maintenance of landscapes
Turf - correct answer an area of hort: grasses for lawns, sports facilities, landscapes
and golf courses ( in Agrgronomy in many Universities)
What is the function of the Dermal Tissue System? - correct answer It protects from the
environment and water loss. ( from all that is evil on the outside)
Epidermis - correct answer single layer of cells on primary (herbaceous) plant parts..
When plant is young
Periderm or bark - correct answer a corky tissue that replaces epidermis on secondary
(woody) plant parts
, What is the function of the Vascular Tissue System? - correct answer It conducts water,
nutrients, sugars and hormones throughout the plant
Xylem - correct answer conducts water and nutrients UP roots, stems and leaves
Phloem - correct answer conducts water, sugar, hormones, etc. DOWN and UP roots,
stems and leaves; moves from where produced (sources) to where needed (sinks)
What is the function of the Ground or Fundamental Tissue System? - correct answer
storage, suport, filler tissue and site of photosynthesis
Cortex - correct answer outer region of stems and roots
Pith - correct answer center of stems
Mesophyll - correct answer middle of leaves and flower petals
Parenchyma - correct answer -most common cell type
-filler, storage, protection, photosynthesis
-Ex: flesh of potato, lettuce leaf
- isodiametric
Collenchyma - correct answer -Cell wall a little thicker than Parenchyma
- unevenly thickened, non-lignified primary cell walls
- support in growing tissues
-Ex: strings of celery stalks
- longer than wide
Sclerenchyma - correct answer -evenly thickenedm lignified (tough) secondary cell
walls; dead at maturity
- support in growing tissues
- Ex: fiber- bamboo cane
Sclerid-seed coat
Stone cell- pear fruit
Polysaccharide - correct answer Part of a cell wall: a polymer or chain of sugars
Cellulose - correct answer forms a matrix of microfibrils
Hemicellulose - correct answer filler between cellulose microfibrils ( chain of misc.
Sugars)
Pectin - correct answer cementing agent or filler; high in middle lamella and fruit (chains
of galacturonic acid)
