This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Horticulture – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 41 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which division of horticulture focuses on flowering plants? A) Pomology. B) Landscape and nursery. C) Floriculture. D) Olericulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floriculture. 2. ..... is a complex polysaccharide carbohydrate. The form of food commonly stored by plants. A) Ribosome. B) Lipid. C) Protein. D) Starch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starch. 3. Participating in FFA public speaking, extemporaneous public speaking, creed speaking, parliamentary procedure, agricultural sales career development events, and oral reasons for livestock, dairy, and poultry career development events each help students develop: A) Animal science technical skills. B) Communication skills. C) Interest in animal science. D) Plant science technical skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communication skills. 4. A large, shade-loving evergreen growing in the edge of forests on his last trip to the mountains. If the shrub has dark green leaves that are five inches long and two inches wide and has many large flowers, it is most likely a: A) Catawba Rhododendron. B) Red Oak. C) Red Maple. D) Japanese Barberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catawba Rhododendron. 5. 1) Spotted lanternfly nymphs: A) Are red, black and white as early instars. B) Are red, black and white as fourth instars. C) Have gray and pink fully functional wings with black spots. D) Are black and white as fourth instars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are red, black and white as fourth instars. 6. The term that comes from a Latin word that means "garden cultivation" and includes fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants is: A) Agronomy. B) Horticulture. C) Floriculture. D) Zoology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horticulture. 7. Which demonstrates the "proportion" landscape design principle? A) Install foundation plantings. B) Install privacy fence. C) Maintain size relationship between plants. D) Repeat colors, construction materials, or plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintain size relationship between plants. 8. If Dave has a bag of fescue that has a seed germination rate of 80%, he can expect: A) 20 out of 80 seeds to germinate. B) 80 out of 100 seeds to germinate. C) All seeds to germinate. D) 20 out of 100 seeds to germinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80 out of 100 seeds to germinate. 9. 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. 10. The continuity of a landscape. Geometric shapes and curved patterns allow the observer's eye to move around the landscape A) Form. B) Line. C) Texture. D) Balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 11. While the pH of most commercial horticulture soilless mixes is neutral, the pH of bark, peat moss, and sphagnum moss is: A) Acid. B) Alkaline. C) Basic. D) Neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid. 12. The scientific study of plants. A) Pomology. B) Botany. C) Xylem. D) Horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Botany. ← PreviousRelated 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