TSFA Vocabulary 1 & 2 Quiz

1.  The storage or shipment of flowers out of water

• Vase Life

• Dry Pack

• Processing

• Container

The Japanese style of floral arrangements characterized by the linear forms

• Chinese

• Snap Dragon

• Ikebana

Supplies, methods, and materials that designers use to place and hold flowers and foliage in an arrangement

• Scissors

• Miscellaneous

• Bundling

• Mechanics

Florist must educate the customer to help them enjoy their flowers to the fullest extent.

• Retail Education

• Students Education

• Customer Education

• Wholesale Education

A chemical consisting of a mixture of ingredients that when added to water extends the vase life of cut flowers by lowering the water pH

• Floral Preservatives

• Floral water

• Processing

• Vase Life

Is due to the inability of water to enter the stem

• Bent Back

• Bent Neck

• Retail Florist

• Dry Pack

Sells floral goods and services to the consumer

• Retail Florist

• Wholesale Florist

• Floral Producer

• Floral Farm

The length of useful life of cut floral material after being received by the consumer.

• Floral Food

• Processing

• Vase Life

• Floral Preservatives

Firmly wrapping or tying similar materials together to form a larger, individual unit.

• Bundling

• Bouquet

• Wrapping

• Grouping

The process of converting nutrients, water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight into food for plant.

• Conditioning

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis