answered to pass 2025/2026
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing
tree fruits is called - correct answer ✔✔pomology
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing vegetable
crops is called - correct answer ✔✔olericulture
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing flowering
plants is called - correct answer ✔✔floriculture
The science and practice of propagating, growing, installing, maintaining, and using grasses,
annual plants, shrubs, and trees in the landscape is called - correct answer ✔✔landscape and
nursery industry
A greenhouse employee works - correct answer ✔✔mostly indoors
The greenhouse worker has a job that consists of - correct answer ✔✔regular hours that are
steady throughout the year
The word horticulture is derived from a Latin word meaning - correct answer ✔✔garden
cultivation
Most of the jobs in horticulture require - correct answer ✔✔a high school diploma
, As the population grows, the horticulture industry will - correct answer ✔✔grow also as the
demand for plants increase
During an interview, salary should be - correct answer ✔✔
Scientific names are used to - correct answer ✔✔avoid confusion concerning the names of
plants
Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because it is - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct
answer ✔✔Carolus Linnaeus
The generic name of the plant is placed - correct answer ✔✔first and begins with a capital letter
A genus can be defined as a group of plants that - correct answer ✔✔have more in common
with each other than they have with the members of any other genus
A species can be defined as - correct answer ✔✔a group of plants that are alike in almost every
feature and consistently produce like plants
Latin names of plants are italicized - correct answer ✔✔because they are expressed in a
different language
A person who identifies and classifies plants is known as a(n) - correct answer ✔✔taxonomist
For a plant with the scientific name of Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset,' Red Sunset is the_______
name - correct answer ✔✔cultivar