2.0 Horticulture Careers & SAE

Which type of employee cares for the land area and plants surrounding a business, industry, church or school?

• Garden Center
• Golf Course
• Grounds Maintenance
• Nursery

The science most associated with the study of plants grown for food or beautification is:

• agronomy
• forestry
• horticulture
• physics

The area of horticulture that includes growing and harvesting flowers and making and selling flower arrangements is:

• agronomy
• floriculture
• forestry
• pomology

Which one is responsible for maintaining fairway and greens turf as well as sand traps and irrigation?

• florist
• garden center employee
• golf course employee
• greenhouse worker

Which horticulture division includes vegetable production?

• floriculture
• forestry
• olericulture
• turfgrass

As a garden center worker, Julie should:

• be a high school dropout
• be unfriendly to customers
• enjoy working with people and plants
• expect to work in an air conditioned area

A person who must be skilled in checking horticultural products for diseases, insects, and quality is a/an:

• accountant
• inspector
• sales representative
• teacher

Which comes from a Latin word meaning "garden cultivation" and includes vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants?

• agronomy

• forestry

• horticulture

• zoology

The part of the horticulture industry most associated with growing, maintaining, and processing grapes is:

• floriculture

• olericulture

• pomology

• viticulture

Producing and using plants to make OUTDOOR environments more appealing

• Pomology

• Olericulture

• Landscape Horticulture

• Horticulture

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1