Introduction to Horticulture Industry Review

The culture of plants for food, comfort and beautification purposes is known as

• Horticulture

• Botany

• Technology

• Biology

The area of horticulture associated with cut flowers, potted plants, and annual bedding plants is

• Landscaping

• Floriculture

• Viticulture

• Botany

The growth and use of plants for their beauty is known as

• Olericulture

• Pomology

• Ornamental horticulture

• Viticulture

Which area of science is most closely associated with horticulture?

• Botany

• entomology

• physiology

• taxonomy

Someone interested in planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of fruit and nut crops would likely specialize in

• arboriculture

• olericulture

• pomology

• viticulture

A place, which specializes in starting plants, shrubs, and ornamental trees, which can later be transplanted to landscape areas is called a

• Orchard

• Vineyard

• Nursery

• Farm

Which division is shown here?

• Floriculture

• Olericulture

• Pomology

• Landscape

Which division is shown here?

• pomology

• landscape

• olericulture

• forestry

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Floriculture is the study of:

• bedding and garden plants

• foliage plants

• potted flowering plants

• all of the above

True/False: The production and use of plants to beautify the outdoor environment is called Landscape Horticulture

• True

• False