2015 Floriculture Test Howard CDE

Fertilization in a flower takes place when:

• A sperm and egg unite

• the flower is opening

• the roots are going to be long

• the flower is a bright color

If a flower arrangement appears to be ready to fall over, it lacks:

• Color

• Flowers

• Balance

• Foam

If a hue is diluted with gray, the resulting color is called

• light

• tone

• balance

• firmness

A person exposed to the highest concentration of a pesticide during:

• Concentration

• Chemical Charting

• Mixing

• Spraying

The stomata of a plant leaf does?

• Regulate water vapor loss from the plant

• Have vapor flow

• Get more nutrients for the roots

• Retrieve the sunlight

A method of applying pesticides to plants that can be effectively used in greenhouse but not outdoors is:

• Fermentation

• Seperation

• Pigmentation

• Fumigation

To check if a plant need water, touch the soil with your finger: if the plant need water the soil will feel

• Cold and dry

• Warm and dry

• Cold and moist

• warm and moist

The work photoperiod has to do with light....?

• Duration

• Timing

• Precooling

• Exposition

A number 9 florist ribbon is ____ wide

• 1 1/2 inches

• 4/7 cm

• 3 2/7m

• 1 3/8inch

The most commonly used growth regulator to shorten stem length on lilies is

• Common

• Captan

• Carton

• Cameron