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Horticulture Common Plant Classifications

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a)

Asparagus Fern

b)

Black-Eyed Susan

c)

Bush Morning Glory

d)

African Marigold

2.

a)

African marigold

b)

Asparagus Fern

c)

Black-eyed susan

d)

English Rose

3.

a)

Asparagus Fern

b)

Bush Morning Glory

c)

Black-eyed Susan

d)

English rose

4.

a)

English Rose

b)

St. John's Wort

c)

Bush Morning Glory

d)

Heavenly bamboo

5.

a)

English Rose

b)

St. John's Wort

c)

Bush Morning Glory

d)

Heavenly bamboo

6.

a)

Bush Morning Glory

b)

Heavenly bamboo

c)

Gardenia

d)

Cosmos

7.

a)

Gardenia

b)

Cosmos

c)

Forsythia

d)

Heavenly bamboo

8.

a)

Heavenly bamboo

b)

Gardenia

c)

Cosmos

d)

Forsythia

9.

a)

Heavenly bamboo

b)

Gardenia

c)

Cosmos

d)

Forsythia

10.

a)

Gardenia

b)

Cosmos

c)

Forsythia

d)

Dusty Miller

11.
a)

Dusty Miller

b)

Globe amaranth

c)

Snapdragon

d)

Spurge

12.

a)

Dusty Miller

b)

Globe Amaranth

c)

Snapdragon

d)

Spurge

13.

a)

Dusty Miller

b)

Globe Amaranth

c)

Snapdragon

d)

Spurge

14.

a)

Snapdragon

b)

Spurge

c)

Butterfly Bush

d)

Petunia

15.

a)

Butterfly Bush

b)

Petunia

c)

Sweet alysum

d)

Water lily

16.

a)

Butterfly Bush

b)

Petunia

c)

Snapdragon

d)

Spurge

17.

a)

Butterfly Bush

b)

Snapdragon

c)

Sweet alysum

d)

Petunia

18.

a)

Water lily

b)

Petunia

c)

Zinnia

d)

Boxwood

19.

a)

Butterfly Bush

b)

Zinnia

c)

Boxwood

d)

Allium

20.

a)

Zinnia

b)

Petunia

c)

African Marigold

d)

Allium

21.

a)

Zinnia

b)

Boxwood

c)

Allium

d)

Caladium

22.

a)

Narcissus

b)

Cattail

c)

Fountaingrass

d)

Gerber Daisy

23.

a)

Narcissus

b)

Gerber Daisy

c)

Fountaingrass

d)

Cattail

24.

a)

Hens-and-chicks

b)

Lemongrass

c)

Lilyturf

d)

Peony

25.

a)

Peony

b)

Lilyturf

c)

Lemongrass

d)

Hens-and-chicks

26.

An area of agriculture that produces plants for food, comfort, and beauty.

a)

Horticulture

b)

Floriculture

c)

Landscape Design

d)

Viticulture

27.

The growing of plants for their beauty.

a)

Horticulture

b)

Ornamental Horticulture

c)

Floriculture

d)

Landscape Horticulture

28.

Examples of Ornamental Horticulture

a)

Shrubs and ornamental trees are grown in nurseries before being transplanted

b)

flowers, shrubs, foliage plants

c)

Tropisms

d)

landscape design

29.

The growing of plants for their flowers.

a)

Horticulture

b)

Floriculture

c)

Pomology

d)

Viticulture

30.

Most plants used in floriculture are produced by greenhouse growers.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Plants grown for their beautiful colored leaves and stems.

a)

Cut flowers

b)

Ornamentals

c)

Foliage

d)

Fruits and Vegetables

32.

Growing and using plants to make outdoor environments look beautiful.

a)

Floriculture

b)

Pomology

c)

Landscape Horticulture

d)

Viticulture

33.

The growing and selling of vegetables.

a)

Horticulture

b)

Viticulture

c)

Pomology

d)

Olericulture

34.

The growing and selling of fruits and nuts.

a)

Pomology

b)

Olericulture

c)

Viticulture

d)

Horticulture

35.

Work with and study plants and crops to improve the quality and quantity. People in this field have the goal of increasing yield, improving color, size and, in some cases, taste of the plants.

a)

Plant Breeder

b)

Conservation Officer

c)

Plant Scientist

d)

Horticuluralist

36.

The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of glucose.

a)

Respiration

b)

Transpiration

c)

Oxidation

d)

Photosynthesis

37.

Photosynthesis occurs in the ________ of the plant

a)

Leaves

b)

Stem

c)

Roots

d)

Fruit

38.

A green pigment in the leaves of a plant.

a)

chlorophyll

b)

tropism

c)

stomata

d)

xylem

39.

Photosynthesis produces two products

a)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

b)

carbon dioxide and water

c)

oxygen and glucose

d)

glucose and carbon dioxide

40.

Sugar made by the plant.

a)

sucrose

b)

glyphosate

c)

glucose

d)

chlorophyll

41.

A change in a plant’s growth in response to stimuli.

a)

Respiration

b)

Translocation

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Tropisms

42.

A plant’s response to light.

a)

Phototropism

b)

Geotropism

c)

Thigmotropism

d)

Thyroidotropism

43.

A plant’s response to gravity.

a)

Geotropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

d)

thyrodotropism

44.

A plant’s response to physical contact with another object.

a)

phototropism

b)

thyroidotropism

c)

geotropism

d)

Thigmotropism

45.

Openings in the leaves. Allow for the flow of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water into and out of the leaf.

a)

tropisms

b)

stomata

c)

chlorophyll

d)

xylem

46.

When a plant loses water through their stomata.

a)

respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

transpiration

d)

translocation

47.

growing plants in water.

a)

Aquaponics

b)

Hydroponics

c)

Aquaculture

d)

Aeroponics

48.

growing plants in an air or mist environment.

a)

Aquaponics

b)

Aquaculture

c)

Hydroponics

d)

Aeroponics