This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the three layers of a typical soil profile starting at the soil surface? A) Bedrock, subsoil, and topsoil. B) Subsoil, topsoil, and bedrock. C) Topsoil, bedrock, and subsoil. D) Topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock. 2. * Raising livestock, cultivating the soil, and producing row crops, including some fruits and vegetables. A) Landscape. B) Agriculture. C) Forestry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 3. Vegetative growth is the growth of: A) Flowers and fruits. B) Fruits and roots. C) Leaves, stems, and roots. D) Roots, seeds and flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaves, stems, and roots. 4. The green color of leaves is caused by tiny particles in the food producing cells called: A) Guard cells. B) Epidermis. C) Chloroplast. D) Starch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplast. 5. What is the definition of horticulture? A) Growing stuff. B) The culture of plants for food, comfort, and beauty. C) The growing of plants for their beauty. D) The growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing of fruits and nuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The culture of plants for food, comfort, and beauty. 6. What is the FFA Salute? A) I believe in the future of agriculture. B) The Pledge of Allegiance. C) The National Anthem. D) America the Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pledge of Allegiance. 7. The planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegetable crops A) Horticulture. B) Olericulture. C) Floriculture. D) Pomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olericulture. 8. Gallons per hour. Measures amount of water that flows through an irrigation system. A) GPM. B) GPH. C) PSI. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPH. 9. Erosion control is most difficult to control in what type of growing environment? A) PNP. B) Container. C) Field-grown. D) Cold frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Field-grown. 10. The plant process by which all food is manufactured is: A) Absorption. B) Photosynthesis. C) Respiration. D) Translocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 11. *The area of horticulture that involves the planting, harvesting. Storing, processing and marketing of vegetable crops. A) Pomology. B) Olericulture. C) Floriculture. D) Landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olericulture. 12. The growing and using of plants for their beauty A) Pomology. B) Landscape horticulture. C) Olericulture. D) Ornamental horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ornamental horticulture. 13. Pruning a fruit tree is which SAE? A) Analytical. B) Experimental. C) Placement. D) Supplementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supplementary. 14. A disadvantage of producing field-grown nursery stock compared to container-grown nursery stock is that field-grown stock: A) Has higher start-up cost. B) Has more shock when moved. C) Requires more water. D) Requires more winter protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has more shock when moved. 15. The eagle is an important part of FFA tradition because it symbolizes the national scope of the FFA. Students most likely will find an eagle in the FFA: A) Colors. B) Emblem. C) Motto. D) Pledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emblem. 16. "Protection against accidents and breakage" is ..... A) Accident Protection. B) Safety. C) Workplace Correctness. D) Prevention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety. 17. Find the perimeter of a square shaped rose garden with sides measuring 6.5 ft each. A) 13.0 ft. B) 19.5 ft. C) 42.25 ft. D) 26.0 ft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26.0 ft. 18. The flower that has a large lily-type flower on a 1' to 2' stem is: A) Amaryllis. B) Evergreen candytuft. C) Gladiolus. D) Snapdragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amaryllis. 19. What is a term for planting, harvesting, processing and marketing fruits and nuts A) Pomology. B) Floriculture. C) Olericulture. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pomology. 20. A crescent floral arrangment is shaped like a: A) Circle. B) Fan. C) Quarter moon. D) Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quarter moon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHorticulture QuizzesHorticulture Quiz 1Horticulture Quiz 2Horticulture Quiz 3Horticulture Quiz 4Horticulture Quiz 5Horticulture Quiz 6Horticulture Quiz 7Horticulture Quiz 8Horticulture Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books