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Floriculture
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Answer 30 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This would first emerge from a seed as it germinates
excellent drainage
pine bark
radicle
an amendment to soil-less growing medium
2. Which irrigation system recylces the water or nutrient solution suppplied to plants: capillary mat watering - automatic drip(trickle) system - overhead-hand watering with a wand - ebb-and-flow benches
Floriculture
stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered
polythylene plastic film
ebb-and-flow benches
3. Which of the following is NOT a function of the root system of a plant: carbon fixation - absorption of nutrients - absorption of water - or anchorage and support
split-night temperature
Carbon fixation
aid in the rooting process of cuttings
pine bark
4. Which of the following is NOT part of the pistil: anther - style - ovary - sitgma
pistil and stamens
glass
anther
ethlylene
5. Soaking seeds with hard coats in an acid bath would exemplify...
glass
bar cap
filament and anther
scarification
6. The rate of respiration in a plant......
aid in the rooting process of cuttings
Increases as the temperature of the plant increases
pine bark
ebb-and-flow benches
7. As a method of energy coservation - double-layer polyethlylene over glass works by
radicle
glass
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
filament and anther
8. If a flower is imperfect - which can it NOT posses at the same time: petals and pistil - pistil and stamens - stamens and sepals - sepals and receptacle
pistil and stamens
perfect
Carbon fixation
stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered
9. Which of the following greenhouse covering materials would have the longest useful life
It would have more bench space per unit area under cover
Specialaria
radicle
glass
10. What is another way of expressing light?
polythylene plastic film
soaking it with a solution of 1 part of bleach to ten parts of water
wave length
ethlylene
11. What is the name for the part of the greenhouse where the roof meets the sidewall
eave
pistil and stamens
Carbon fixation
Specialaria
12. Which of the following is a pollutant gas that may be produced by improperly functioning unit heater
anther
ethlylene
Floriculture
aid in the rooting process of cuttings
13. The narrow - aluminum cover used to protect glazing compound and help hold glass in place is called
black-eyed susan
stem tip cutting
ebb-and-flow benches
bar cap
14. Perlite normally is used in the greenhouse industry as...
an amendment to soil-less growing medium
bar cap
filament and anther
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
15. As chemical growth regulators - auxins frequently are used in flower crop production to....
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
split-night temperature
polythylene plastic film
aid in the rooting process of cuttings
16. A flower can be incomplete yet __________
an amendment to soil-less growing medium
perfect
stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered
ethlylene
17. Some of the first greenhouses were devised by the Romans and were called
Floriculture
wave length
excellent drainage
Specialaria
18. It is an organic component of many plant growing media
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
pistil and stamens
pine bark
soaking it with a solution of 1 part of bleach to ten parts of water
19. The art and science of growing - harvesting - processing - and marketing flower crops is called
Floriculture
polythylene plastic film
ethlylene
bar cap
20. Which of the following greenhouse fuels is sold/priced by the gallon?
LP gas
stem tip cutting
aid in the rooting process of cuttings
Floriculture
21. It is a major benefit from the use of soil-less growing media
ebb-and-flow benches
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
excellent drainage
polythylene plastic film
22. This is an acceptable method of disinfecting a plastic bedding plant flat.
eave
perfect
wave length
soaking it with a solution of 1 part of bleach to ten parts of water
23. Which of the following greenhouse covering materials would be suitable to use on a quonset greenhouse
polythylene plastic film
excellent drainage
stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered
ethlylene
24. An example of a long-day plant would be.....
the heat form the heater is distirbuted to the greenhouse interior by means of a fan
black-eyed susan
perfect
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
25. Which of the following is a method of energy conservation that does not require greenhouse modification
split-night temperature
black-eyed susan
perfect
It would have more bench space per unit area under cover
26. Represents the components of the stamen
anther
split-night temperature
filament and anther
an amendment to soil-less growing medium
27. How would the interior of a wholesale greenhouse differ from that of a retail greenhouse
It would have more bench space per unit area under cover
scarification
excellent drainage
an amendment to soil-less growing medium
28. Which of the following is characteristic of monocot plants: leaves with a network of veins - seeds with two cotyledons - flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5 - stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered
stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered
Floriculture
polythylene plastic film
soaking it with a solution of 1 part of bleach to ten parts of water
29. This would contain an apical meristem
stem tip cutting
pistil and stamens
It would have more bench space per unit area under cover
reducing the infiltration loss through through the greenhouse covering material
30. In gas-fired unit greenhouse heaters - ......
aid in the rooting process of cuttings
Carbon fixation
Specialaria
the heat form the heater is distirbuted to the greenhouse interior by means of a fan