This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Horticulture – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mandy and Jordan bought some of the same plants from Lowe's. Mandy paid $ 5.85 for three coleus and 1 verbena. Jordan paid $ 4.65 for 2 coleus and 1 verbena. What is the cost of one coleus? A) $ .75. B) $ 2.25. C) $ 1.80. D) $ 1.20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 1.20. 2. An example of an Entrepreneurship SAE is..... A) Cutting grass. B) Observing a greenhouse manager. C) Planting a garden. D) Starting your own produce company. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starting your own produce company. 3. Low moisture-holding capacity is a characteristics of A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Sand. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 4. When was the Smith Hughes Act passed? A) 1955. B) 1930. C) 1917. D) 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1917. 5. WHat tacky material is used to wrap wire A) Floral foam. B) Floral tape. C) Flroal picks. D) Floral wire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floral tape. 6. When is baby's breath addes to a floral design A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) Last. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last. 7. The cultivation of trees and shrubs. A) Arboriculture. B) Agriculture. C) Horticulture. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arboriculture. 8. Which cool-season grass grows from rhizomes and has fine-textured, medium- to dark-green leaves? A) Bermuda. B) Centipede. C) Kentucky bluegrass. D) St. Augustine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kentucky bluegrass. 9. A tropical plant with palm-like leaves is A) Croton. B) Live oak. C) Parlor palm. D) Savannah holly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parlor palm. 10. Why should you be careful when pulling weeds? A) They can have thorns. B) They might bite. C) They can run away. D) They can be poisonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can have thorns. 11. A device designed to take the place of a sprinkler head for trickle irrigation A) Emitter. B) Spray heads. C) Rotary irrigation. D) Sprinklers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emitter. 12. Which pH reading is acid? A) 3.5. B) 7. C) 8. D) 9.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3.5. 13. Which is the most likely effect of adding perlite to the growing media? A) Decreases drainage. B) Increases drainage. C) Increases weight. D) Makes media acidic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases drainage. 14. The science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody plants for food. It is the production of plants for use of their edible parts A) Landscape/Nursery. B) Pomology. C) Olericulture. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olericulture. 15. You can tell where a terminal bud was located by it's: A) Lateral buds. B) Leaf scar. C) Bud scale scars. D) Xylem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bud scale scars. 16. Producing and using plants to beautify the environment A) Floriculture. B) Landscape horticulture. C) Olericulture. D) Floral production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landscape horticulture. 17. A place that specializes in starting plants, shrubs and ornamental trees which can be transplanted to landscape areas is called a A) Nursery. B) Vineyard. C) Orchard. D) Farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nursery. 18. Which SAE record heading would be used if you have an entrepreneurship SAE? A) Hypothesis. B) Review of literature. C) Training agreement. D) Type of enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type of enterprise. 19. How can Tracie reduce stress on greenhouse-produced seedlings at transplanting time before removing them from the greenhouse? A) Fertilizer seedlings more. B) Harden off the seedlings. C) Mist the seedlings often. D) Water the seedlings more. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harden off the seedlings. 20. What term describes money or services that a person owes? A) Assets. B) Inventory. C) Liabilities. D) Net worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liabilities. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHorticulture Quiz 1Horticulture Quiz 2Horticulture Quiz 3Horticulture Quiz 4Horticulture Quiz 5Horticulture Quiz 6Horticulture Quiz 7Horticulture Quiz 8Horticulture Quiz 9Horticulture Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books