Agriscience Plant Science

What type of irrigation is shown above?

• Furrow

• Center-pivot

• Drip

The best tool to use when joining the woody part of one plant to the woody part of another plant asexually is:

• lopping shears

• a grafting tool

• a tube cutter

• pruning shears

If Deanna has several enterprises as part of her SAE, she most likely has:

• a job watering flowers

• participated in an extemporaneous speaking event

• several types of animals or plants in her project

• visited several agribusinesses

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

• side-dressing

• top-dressing

• broadcasting

• foliar application

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is applied to LOWER the pH value of soil?

• Lime

• Sulfur

• fertilizer

• sand

The purpose of petals on flowers is to:

• attract insects for pollen

• support the stamen

• store food

• hide the plant from animals

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

If the soil pH is 6.0 and needs to be raised to 7.0, what amendment is best incorporated into the soil?

• sulfur

• sodium

• lime

• magnesium

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

• peat moss

• perlite

• soil

• vermiculite

Sulfur is used to lower soil pH so the soil becomes more:

• acidic

• alkaline

• eroded

• porous

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

One would likely find peat moss in waterlogged areas called:

• bogs

• creeks

• pits

• ponds