This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main product of photosynthesis is: A) Carbon dioxide. B) Nitrogen. C) Sugar. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sugar. 2. Which is MOST interested in reducing the carbon footprint A) Garden center salesperson. B) Golf course attendant. C) Green industry employee. D) Park ranger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green industry employee. 3. Which shrub has a red-to-pink feathery flower 1" in length? A) Chinese fringe. B) Nellie R. Stevens. C) Gold mop. D) Japanese andromeda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese fringe. 4. Producing and using plants to make outdoor environments more appealing A) Landscape horticulture. B) Pomology. C) Horticulture. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landscape horticulture. 5. Who would be responsible for displaying and selling bedding plants? A) Garden center employee. B) Greenskeeper. C) Landscape designer. D) Lawn maintenance employer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garden center employee. 6. Which of the following is NOT a branch of horticulture? A) Agriculture. B) Pomology. C) Floriculture. D) Olericulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 7. Form flowers used in floral designs have: A) Florets on tall spikes. B) Flowers on end of stems. C) Small sprays of flowers. D) Unique shapes or colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unique shapes or colors. 8. When flowers look too big for containers, the design principle the floral designer failed to follow is: A) Balance. B) Focal point. C) Repetition. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balance. 9. Increasing the appearance, comfort and value of your home is which type of SAE? A) Analytical. B) Entrepreneurshp. C) Improvement. D) Experimental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improvement. 10. The seed endosperm provides A) Protection to the embryo. B) Food for the embryo. C) An attractant. D) Pollination for the flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food for the embryo. 11. Because roses produce flowers on wood produced the same growing season, the plants should be pruned in the: A) Early spring. B) Early summer. C) Late spring. D) Late summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early spring. 12. The perennial flowering vine Amy planted in her garden is most likely a: A) Japanese pachysandra. B) Clematis. C) Gerber daisy. D) Coneflower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clematis. 13. Joey knows butterflies cause little or no damage to his plants. The basis for his opinion is most likely because butterflies have what type of mouthparts? A) Chewing. B) Piercing and sucking. C) Rasping and sucking. D) Siphoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Siphoning. 14. Marigolds and other warm-season plants grow best during: A) Early spring. B) Midsummer. C) Late fall. D) Midwinter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midsummer. 15. Which is a flowering plant that has flowers from 3" to 6" in diameter? A) American arborvitae. B) Evergreen candytuft. C) Peony. D) Sycamore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peony. 16. Which cool-season grass is used on golf greens but requires cooling fans on the greens during the hot weather of summer in the South? A) Tall Fescue. B) Bentgrass. C) St. Augustine. D) Bahia grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bentgrass. 17. Small, deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves, three- to five-inch long brown bean-type pods, and pink-purple colored seasonal flowers is an: A) Ajuga. B) Japanese maple. C) Eastern redbud. D) Red oak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eastern redbud. 18. Which part of a foundational SAE would a student be fulfilling by finding three scholarship applications that would support education towards his/her future career? A) Employability skills for college and career readiness. B) Personal financial planning and management. C) Agricultural literacy. D) Workplace safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal financial planning and management. 19. Suzy has weeds that are hard to control in her lawn. These are examples of: A) Debris. B) Inert material. C) Viable seeds. D) Noxious weeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noxious weeds. 20. This type of SAE deals with planning, implementing, operating and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity. A) Placement. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Improvement. D) Supplementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entrepreneurship. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHorticulture QuizzesHorticulture Quiz 1Horticulture Quiz 2Horticulture Quiz 3Horticulture Quiz 4Horticulture Quiz 5Horticulture Quiz 6Horticulture Quiz 7Horticulture Quiz 9Horticulture Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books