This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The "unity" landscape design principle is demonstrated by: A) Maintaining size relationships. B) Privacy fences. C) Repeating plant species. D) Foundation plantings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeating plant species. 2. Mass flowers are used in floral designs to add mass and to: A) Create the accent or focal point. B) Draw attention to the focal point. C) Fill empty spaces and hide the frame. D) Outline the shape and size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Draw attention to the focal point. 3. Plant production provides for how many American jobs? A) More than 5.5 million. B) More than 7 million. C) More than 1.3 million. D) More than 1.9 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 1.9 million. 4. The tree with a fan-shaped leaf that Joan noticed in front of the bank is most likely a: A) Southern red oak. B) Zelkova. C) Ginkgo. D) Chinese dogwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ginkgo. 5. In which stage of growth do plants rest or grow very little? A) Dormant. B) Indeterminate. C) Juvenile. D) Reproductive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dormant. 6. Jacob learns a disadvantage of propagating using cuttings is that when cuttings are removed from the parent plant, the: A) Parent plant needs additional fertilizer. B) Cuttings are cut off from their source of water. C) Parent plant needs more light. D) Cuttings' absorption process stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cuttings are cut off from their source of water. 7. Which branch of horticulture produces fruits and nuts? A) Pomology. B) Agronomy. C) Olericulture. D) Fruitology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pomology. 8. Plant is filled with moisture A) Hortifculture. B) Zoology. C) Evrgreen. D) Turgid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turgid. 9. Which of the following is not one of the four distinct processes of chemical weathering? A) Hydration. B) Hydrolysis. C) Exfoliation. D) Dissolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydration. 10. Which step in the SAE process would students complete after finishing their foundational SAE? A) Get coaching and feedback from a teacher or mentor. B) Fill out paperwork to obtain a personal loan. C) Sign up for community college courses. D) Begin an entrepreneurship SAE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get coaching and feedback from a teacher or mentor. 11. The primary function of a flower is A) Produce sugars. B) To look nice. C) Store food. D) Reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reproduction. 12. This occurs after a tube grows down from the pollen grain through the style to the ovary. A) Seed dispersal. B) Pollination. C) Germination. D) Fertilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fertilization. 13. The NFA stood for: A) New Farmers of American. B) National Farmers of America. C) New Farmers of America. D) New Farmer Associations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Farmers of America. 14. Pesticide used to kill undesirable plants, which are commonly referred to as weed is known as A) Fungicide. B) Herbicide. C) Insecticide. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbicide. 15. If a plant farm has total assets of $ 500, 000 and total liabilities of $ 300, 000, what number is the correct entry on the net worth line of a financial statement? A) $ 800, 000. B) $ 500, 000. C) $ 200, 000. D) $ 300, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 200, 000. 16. What is the main purpose of flowers? A) Food for the bees. B) Produce food. C) Make people happy. D) Produce Seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produce Seeds. 17. The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests. A) Botany. B) Horticulture. C) Forestry. D) Agronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forestry. 18. Which of the following is not a rule in the Greenhouse? A) Wear the appropriate PPE's. B) Only use chemicals for the intended purpose. C) Remove tripping hazards. D) Chemicals can be stored at your station. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemicals can be stored at your station. 19. What is the first line of the FFA Motto? A) Earning to Live. B) Doing to Learn. C) Living to Serve. D) Learning to Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning to Do. 20. Carl keeps accurate records including amounts of items bought and sold for his Supervised Agricultural Experience. What type of SAE is Carl working on? A) Analytical. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Improvement. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entrepreneurship. 21. A device designed to take the place of a sprinkler head for trickle irrigation A) Sprinklers. B) Emitter. C) Rotary irrigation. D) Spray heads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emitter. 22. Which large evergreen shrub has white, pink, or red 1 1/2" - 2" flowers in October and November? A) Chinese dogwood. B) Japanese yew. C) Cape jasmine. D) Sasanqua camellia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sasanqua camellia. 23. A warm-season grass that has coarse textured medium-to-dark green leaves and grows from stolons is: A) Annual Ryegrass. B) St. Augustinegrass. C) Kentucky Bluegrass. D) Fine Fescue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St. Augustinegrass. 24. In this method, seeds are put in a container of water for 15 minutes. A) Rag-doll method. B) Floating in water method. C) Seedbox method. D) Petri dish method. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petri dish method. 25. Which type of garden takes up less space? A) Raised beds. B) Flat bed. C) Container. D) Rooftop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Container. 26. Within the research immersion SAE which of the following involves using a design process to develop a product that solves a problem? A) Experimental. B) Analysis. C) Invention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invention. 27. Disadvantages of sexual (Seed) propagation A) They are all long and large. B) Most seeds are very slow and germinate. C) True. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most seeds are very slow and germinate. 28. Aaron is working in landscape maintenance. What does he do? A) Cares for the landscape. B) Designs, installs and contracts the landscape. C) Designs landscape plans. D) Installs landscape plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cares for the landscape. 29. Which plant has feather-like foliage A) Plume asparagus fern. B) Southern red oak. C) Sycamore. D) Fortune tea olive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plume asparagus fern. 30. The primary function of fruit is to: A) Absorb water and nutrients from soil. B) Carry, nourish and protect seeds. C) Connect roots to leaves. D) Manufacture food for the plant. 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