Horticulture Quiz 11 (20 MCQs)

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1. When cleaning the greenhouse, you should

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

2. Which demonstrates the "proportion" landscape design principle?

Correct Answer: C) Maintain size relationship between plants.

3. Gallons per minute. Measures amount of water that flows through an irrigation system

Correct Answer: A) GMP.

4. As part of regular biological processes, a deciduous tree:

Correct Answer: C) Drops its functional leaves in the dormant season.

5. Who funds the Cooperative Extension Service in each state?

Correct Answer: D) The land grant university in each state.

6. What is the best running-type grass for Malik to plant in a shady area of his lawn?

Correct Answer: C) Creeping red fescue.

7. While the pH of most commercial horticulture soilless mixes is neutral, the pH of bark, peat moss, and sphagnum moss is:

Correct Answer: A) Acid.

8. What is grafting?

Correct Answer: B) Growing one part of a plant on a part of another plant.

9. The science and art of growing plants for use and beauty; an important segment of the agriculture industry

Correct Answer: A) Horticulture.

10. The term for an undeveloped shoot or flower is:

Correct Answer: B) Bud.

11. When compared to the amount of oxygen produced in the process of photosynthesis, the amount of oxygen used in plant respiration is:

Correct Answer: B) Less.

12. When indicating or measuring pH, the lower the pH number, the:

Correct Answer: B) More acidic.

13. Modified leaves that show color

Correct Answer: D) Bracts.

14. Which of the following describes aesthetics?

Correct Answer: C) Beauty.

15. Forcing roots to develop while the plant is still connected to the parent plant prior to separation is known as:

Correct Answer: C) Layering.

16. Content and composition of the speech are determined:

Correct Answer: B) Before the speech is given.

17. A shallow circular transparent dish with flat lid, that has wet paper and solution containing the seeds that should be grown.

Correct Answer: A) Rag-doll method.

18. Each year he horticulture industry puts over 25 billion dollars in the economy at this level"

Correct Answer: C) National.

19. Victoria is careful to study the temperature, moisture, and seed viability for the plants she plans to grow. These are factors that affect:

Correct Answer: A) Germination rates.

20. Hazards associated with specific chemicals are described in the

Correct Answer: A) Material Safety Data Sheets.