TAMU HORT 201 David Reed Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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TAMU HORT 201
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TAMU HORT 201
TAMU HORT 201 David Reed Exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Agriculture: - CORRECT ANSWER- the science and technology of growing and raising
plants and animals
What are the areas of agriculture? - CORRECT ANSWER- Forestry, Agronomy, and
Horticulture
Forestry: - CORRECT AN...
TAMU HORT 201 David Reed Exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Agriculture: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the science and technology of growing and raising
plants and animals
What are the areas of agriculture? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Forestry, Agronomy, and
Horticulture
Forestry: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving forest trees and their products (ex. pulp, resins, oils, etc.)
Agronomy: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔science and technology of culturing, utilizing and
improving field crops (grain, fiber and forage crops).
Horticulture: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔science, technology and art of culturing, utilizing
and improving fruit, vegetable, flowering and ornamental plants.
What are the areas of horticulture? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Olericulture, Pomology,
Ornamental Horticulture, and Turf
Olericulture: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔vegetable culture and production
Pomology: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔fruit and nut culture and production
Ornamental Horticulture: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔plants grown for aesthetic uses,
improvement of quality of life and our environment, and functional uses (ex. energy
conservation).
Turf: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔grasses for lawns, sport facilities, landscapes and golf
courses (in Agronomy in many Universities)
,What are the areas of Ornamental Horticulture? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Floriculture,
Floristry, Nursery Production, and Landscape Horticulture
Floriculture: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔flowering and foliage plant culture and production
Floristry: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔floral design and retail floristry operation
Nursery Production: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔tree, shrub and vine culture and production
Landscape Horticulture: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔exterior and interior design,
construction and maintenance of landscapes
What are the classical guidelines for placement of a crop in horticulture, agronomy or
forestry? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔* Intensity of Production
* Purpose Crop is Grown
* Tradition or Custom
What are the organs of a plant? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔*Flower
*Leaf
*Stem
*Root
What are the tissue systems of a plant? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔*Dermal
*Vascular
*Ground or Fundamental
What is the function of the dermal tissue system? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔protection
from the environment and water loss
Which tissues are a part of the dermal tissue system? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔*epidermis
, *periderm or bark
Epidermis: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔single layer of cells on primary (herbaceous) plant
parts
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- ✔✔conduction
of water, nutrients, sugars and hormones throughout the plant
Which tissues are a part of the vascular tissue system? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔*xylem
*phloem
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 (called sources) to where needed (called
sinks)
What is the function of the ground or fundamental tissue system? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔storage, support, filler tissue and site of photosynthesis
Which tissues are a part of the ground or fundamental tissue system? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔*cortex
*pith
*mesophyll
Cortex: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔outer region of stems and roots
Pith: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔center of stems
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