2018 Floriculture

1. A circular design does not have __________.

• Balance
• Filler Flowers
• A Focal Point
• Massing Flowers

2. Most fungal diseases grow best in ___________.

• Dry, arid air
• Low Moisture conditions
• High moisture conditions
• seasons with Drought

3. Mums are considered a short-day crop; that is, the plant sets flower buds and blooms only when____________.

• Nights and days are long
• Nights are long and days are short
• Nights are short and days are long
• Nights and days are short

4. During respiration, plants _______.

• Use the sun's energy
• Produce sugars
• Use oxygen
• Form complex compounds

5. If green plants show a ________ color, this suggests a nitrogen deficiency.

• White
• Yellow
• Dark Green
• Purple

6. ___________ exists when the terminal bud produces hormones that inhibit or prevent the growth of axillary buds on the same shoot

• Cell dominance
• Root dominance
• Atypical dominance
• Apical dominance

7. Floral foam is sufficiently soaked when _________.

• It changes to a darker shade of green
• The foam floats back to the top of the water
• Particles of the foam begin to float in the water
• Air bubbles are no longer coming out of the foam

8. ___________ seeding is when seeds are sown in a separate place from where the plants will eventually grow to maturity.

• Direct
• Sideways
• Indirect
• Top

9. _________ is used to accentuate the flowers and colors used in a design.

• Harmony
• Unity
• Accent
• Repetition

10. ___________ are chemicals used to control snails and slugs.

• Fungicides
• Rodenticides
• Molluscicides
• Nematocides