Horticulture Final Exam Review Game #1

Scientific names are used to:

• Show the chemical makeup of plants

• Avoid confusion concerning the names of plants

• Increase the number of names of plants

• All of the above

The person who developed the binomial system for naming plants is:

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Plato

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Darwin

A person who identifies and classifies plants is known as a(an):

• taxidermist

• taxonomist

• agronomist

• horticulturalists

For a plant with the scientific name of Acer rubrum cv. Red Sunset, 'Red Sunset' is the _____ name.

• genus

• species

• family

• cultivar

The xylem of a stem does which of the following:

• Carries manufactured food down to the roots

• Stores food

• Gives the plant its green color

• Carries water up to the leaves

The green color of leaves is caused by tiny particles in the food-producing organelles called:

• guard cells

• epidermis

• chloroplasts

• nodules

Green plants are able to manufacture food via photosynthesis using which of the following:

• light

• carbon dioxide

• water

• all of the above

The four main parts of a flower are:

• pollen, ovary, pistil, and stamen

• sepal, petal, stamen, and pistil

• sepal, pistil, ovary, and stigma

• petal, sepal, stigma. and ovary

The major function of root hairs on roots is to:

• Grow into larger roots

• Absorb water and minerals from the soil

• Protect the root as it pushes through the soil

• Keep the root warm

When fertilized, the swollen ovary grows into the:

• fruit

• flower

• stem

• roots