Agriscience Unit 3.00 Plant Industry

Which career supplies flowering plants to a florist?

• Floral Designer

• Forest ranger

• Greenhouse manager

• Landscape architect

Where is DNA located in the cell?

• Cell wall

• Cytoplasm

• Vacuole

• Nucleus

DNA is in the shape of a:

• Single helix

• Single circle

• Double circle

• Double helix

A procedure of fertilizer application used on row crops where the fertilizer is placed in bands about 8 inches from the row is known as:

• Side-dressing

• Top-dressing

• Broadcasting

• Foliar application

The three primary nutrients supplied in a complete fertilizer are:

• Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

• Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium

• Calcium, magnesium, and sulfer

• Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur

Sexual reproduction in plants is the propagation of plants by:

• Flowers

• Roots

• Seeds

• Stems

Major types of root systems are:

• Cell division and fibrous

• Cuttings and root hairs

• Fibrous and root cap

• Fibrous and taproot

What type of fertilizer is animal manure?

• Complete

• Organic

• Lime

• inorganic

Which plant growing media is a mineral mica-type material?

• Peat moss

• Perlite

• Soil

• Vermiculite

Which plant growing media is made of volcanic rock and has great water-holding capacity?

• Peat moss

• Perlite

• Sphagnum moss

• Vermiculite