Horticulture I: Objective 3.00 Review

Anchoring plants, storing food, and absorbing water are functions of plant:

• Leaves

• Roots

What type of bud is on the side of the stem?

• Apical

• Lateral

• Lentical

Which is part of a stem?

• Filament

• Leaf Scars

• Root Caps

The beginning of the food chain for all living things is the process of photosynthesis. Most photosynthesis takes place in plant:

• flowers

• leaves

• roots

Plant with which root systems are easier to transplant? (there root systems look like upside down trees)

• fibrous

• long

• sharp

The plant part that attracts insects for pollination is the:

• flower

• leaf

• roots

At the local restaurant, Crystal saw a hanging basket with large green leaf-like growth that looked similar to a long vein down the middle. It had many little leaf-like structures called fronds, but it had no flowers or seeds.

• Boston Fern

• Glossy Abelia

• Shasta Daisy

What type of trees does Matthew have if they are small deciduous trees that flower all summer and into early fall with a flower color that may be white, pink, red, or purple?

• Crepe Myrtle

• Evergreen Euonymus

• Prayer Plant

Sam found a medium-sized deciduous tree that has four trunks or stems with thin sheets of light colored bark peeling off each trunk. What is the common name of this tree?

• Japanese barberry

• Red Maple

• River Birch

An interior plant with large, variegated, green- and cream-colored leaves that are on a thick trunk is a:

• Dumbcane

• Japanese Barberry

• Norkfolk Island Pine