This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegetables. A) Horticulture. B) Olericulture. C) Pomology. D) Landscape Horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olericulture. 2. The main expense for using plugging to establish a lawn is: A) Seeds. B) Labor. C) Pesticides. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Labor. 3. What is a plant that is used in the landscape for their colorful greenery or leaves? A) Foliage Plant. B) Biennial. C) Herbaceous Perennial. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foliage Plant. 4. If a bedding plant grower's inventory shows plants worth $ 40, 000, supplies worth $ 1, 000, and land valued at $ 200, 000, what amount should be entered on the non-depreciable inventory line of the financial statement? A) $ 241, 000. B) $ 200, 000. C) $ 41, 000. D) $ 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 241, 000. 5. Andrew selects a unique azalea plant. The propagation method that he uses to rapidly increase the number of identical plants is: A) Grafting. B) Tissue culture. C) Seeding. D) Leaf cuttings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissue culture. 6. ..... rock is generally unconsolidated and composed of rock fragments that have been transported and deposited by wind, water, or glaciers. Limestone, sandstone, and shale are examples A) Bedrock. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) Igneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 7. What is the release of water vapor from leaves of plants to cool plants down? A) Respiration. B) Translocation. C) Photosynthesis. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 8. A soil report will include: A) Recommend planting time. B) Cost of fertilizer. C) Cost of lime. D) Suggested fertilizer rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suggested fertilizer rate. 9. Which of the following special purpose footwear should you wear to avoid a buildup of static electricity? A) Metatarsal guards. B) Safety toe shoes. C) Electrically conductive shoes. D) Foundry shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety toe shoes. 10. When is it best to Harvest Peaches? A) August- March. B) July Only. C) May only. D) May - September. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) May - September. 11. What area of horticulture is concerned with providing commercial source of plants? A) Turf grass management. B) Floriculture. C) Nursery Production. D) Pomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nursery Production. 12. What type of immersion SAE is Monica completing by working at a local garden center? A) Analytical. B) Service learning. C) Placement. D) Entrepreneurship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement. 13. Specimen plants generally are A) Used alone. B) Usually expensive. C) Often large trees/floor plants. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. MOST cool-season grasses grow very little during the hottest months of summer. What is this conditioncalled? A) Turgid. B) Dormant. C) Wilted. D) Dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dormant. 15. Rory is studying the pH scale. What number represents neutral? A) 3. B) 7. C) 9. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 16. Which soil particles are the smallest? A) Clay. B) Rocks. C) Sand. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay. 17. The most important step prior to using any pesticide is to ..... A) Mix it correctly. B) Determine the formulation. C) Read the label directions. D) Properly store it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read the label directions. 18. Who created the naming system for plants? A) Bill Nye The Science Guy. B) Carl Linnaeus. C) Gregor Mendel. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carl Linnaeus. 19. The goal in grafting is to unite two plants A) So they grow as one. B) In a physical union so that they grow together. C) All of these choices. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these choices. 20. After fertilization, this part of a plant eventually becomes the fruit. A) Seed. B) Sepel. C) Ovary. D) Petal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ovary. 21. Which type of employee cares for the land area and plants surrounding a business, industry, church or school? A) Garden Center. B) Nursery. C) Grounds Maintenance. D) Golf Course. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grounds Maintenance. 22. Plants with which root system are easier to transplant? A) Tap. B) Sharp. C) Long. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fibrous. 23. The terms annual, biennial, and perennial describe plant: A) Leaf type. B) Life cycle. C) Production practices. D) Leaf loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life cycle. 24. Who wrote the FFA Creed? A) Henry Groseclose. B) John Deere. C) E.M. Tiffany. D) George Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) E.M. Tiffany. 25. Which of the following is NOT considered a recreational value for plants? A) Sports. B) Crop production. C) Lawns. D) Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop production. 26. What term describes money or services that a person owes? A) Liabilities. B) Inventory. C) Net worth. D) Assets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liabilities. 27. An indoor flowering plant grown for hanging baskets and pots that has red, white, or pink flowers and green leaves with long petioles, and is popular for Mother's Day is a: A) Geranium. B) Hosta. C) Boston Fern. D) Impatiens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geranium. 28. Which crop accounted for the greatest percentage of total nursery production sales? A) Deciduous shrubs. B) Deciduous trees. C) Broadleaf evergreens. D) Ground covers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deciduous shrubs. 29. Which of the following is responsible for the creation of large-scale windbreaks? A) Bushes. B) Flowers. C) Trees. D) Grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees. 30. Nursery production involves: A) Seeding turf. B) Growing fruit. C) Growing plants for a sale. D) Maintaining golf courses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing plants for a sale. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHorticulture QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesHorticulture Quiz 1Horticulture Quiz 2Horticulture Quiz 3Horticulture Quiz 4Horticulture Quiz 5Horticulture Quiz 6Horticulture Quiz 7Horticulture Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books