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Which type of employee cares for the land area and plants surrounding a business, industry, church, or school?
Garden center
Golf course
Grounds maintenance
Nursery
As a garden center worker, Julie should:
be a high school drop out
be unfriendly to customers
enjoy working with people and plants
expect to work in an air conditioned area
Compared to entry-level jobs, professional careers usually require special licenses and:
less education
more manual labor
more outside work
more paperwork
The science most associated with the study of plants grown for food or beautification is:
agronomy
forestry
horticulture
physics
A person who must be skilled in checking horticultural products for diseases, insects, and quality is a/an:
accountant
inspector
sales rep
teacher
Who is responsible for displaying and selling bedding plants?
Garden center employee
greenskeeper
landscape designer
lawn maintenance employee
The area of horticulture that includes growing and harvesting flowers and making and selling flower arrangements is:
agronomy
floriculture
forestry
pomology
Which one is responsible for maintaining fairway and greens turf as well as sand traps and irrigation?
floriculturalist
garden center employee
golf course employee
greenhouse worker
Which horticulture division includes vegetable production?
Floriculture
Forestry
olericulture
turf grass
Which is most directly related to reducing the carbon footprint?
Garden center salesperson
lawn care worker
green industry employee
park ranger
An example of a placement SAE would be:
working at the school greenhouse assisting customers for the FFA plant sale.
advertising for a food drive at the local food bank.
growing and selling pumpkins.
working at a florist.
In which part of a foundational SAE would Avery create a risk assessment of a sweet potato packing facility?
personal finance management and planning
career exploration and planning
agricultural literacy
workplace safety
What part of Dawn's foundational SAE gave her a better understanding of personal finance and planning?
creating a cover letter
creating a personal budget
interviewing a soil scientist
completing a career interest survey
What type of immersion Supervised Agricultural Experience would have an entry recorded as engaging local stakeholders?
Placement
Experimental
Service Learning
Entrepreneurship
Which type of immersion Supervised Agricultural Experience requires a research plan to include all safety requirements?
Placement
Experimental
Service Learning
School-Based Enterprise
What type of immersion Supervised Agricultural Experience involves volunteering to teach floral design at a local assisted-living facility?
Invention
Experimental
Service-Learning
School-Based Enterprise
What type of Supervised Agricultural Experience would involve researching the effect of various planting times on the yields of radishes?
Analytical
Placement
Experimental
School-Based
An example of a foundational Supervised Agricultural Experience activity in the career exploration and planning area is:
creating a personal budget and tracking monthly financial activity.
converting a career plan into a career portfolio to use in interviews.
making a poster with commonly used tools in a chosen career and the proper safety procedures associated with each.
making a list of 10 personal strategies that enhance verbal and non-verbal communication.
Which type of immersion Supervised Agricultural Experience could require financial and operational reports that are presented to an oversight committee?
School-based Enterprise
Entrepreneurship
Placement
Experimental
Trees that keep their functional leaves throughout the year are:
auxins
deciduous
evergreen
inhibitors
The terms annual, biennial, and perennial describe plant:
leaf loss
life cycle
production practices
root type
Marigolds and other warm-season plants grow best during:
early spring
late fall
midsummer
midwinter
Plants that complete their life cycles in two years are:
annuals
biennials
centennials
perennials
As part of regular biological processes, a deciduous tree:
dies each year in the winter
drops its functional leaves in the dormant season
keeps its functional leaves in the dormant season
remains green all year
Because trees live many years, they are:
annuals
biennials
perennials
semi-annuals
Most cool-season grasses grow very little during the hottest months of summer. What is this condition called?
dead
dormant
turgid
wilted
Plants that take three or more years to complete their life cycle are:
annuals
biennials
millennials
perennials
If a plant is turgid, it is:
drowned and drooping
pale green and yellow
swollen with moisture
wilted from lack of water
Annual plants complete their life cycle in:
one year
two years
three years
ten years
In North Carolina, a tree that has no leaves in the winter is:
deciduous
evergreen
herbacious
turgid
Wendy has problems getting flowers to grow in one of her flower beds. If she sends a soil sample to the lab for recommendations to correct her problem, she should take samples from:
all the flower beds.
all the flower beds except the problem one.
the entire lawn.
the problem flower bed.
Rory is studying the pH scale. What number represents neutral?
3
5
7
9
Clayey textured soils are characterized by:
being loose and single grain.
having high moisture-holding capacity.
having large soil particles.
having low moisture-holding capacity.
The pH test on a soil sample determines the:
acidity or alkalinity.
air and water movement.
amount of nitrogen.
salinity or salt content.
Compared to other layers of a typical soil profile, the amount of organic matter in the O horizon is:
about the same.
less
more
none
When indicating or measuring pH, the lower the pH number, the:
less acid.
more acidic.
more alkaline.
more neutral.
What are the three layers of a typical soil profile starting at the soil surface?
Bedrock, subsoil, and topsoil
Subsoil, topsoil, and bedrock
Topsoil, bedrock, and subsoil
Topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock
What is the texture of soils that have about equal parts of sand, clay, and silt?
clayey
loamy
sandy
silty
The most desirable soil for noncontainer outdoor plant production is:
clay
loam
sand
silt
A soil test report with a pH of 7.2 is:
extremely acid.
extremely alkaline.
mildly acid.
mildly alkaline.
Most flowers, shrubs, and lawn grasses grow best in a pH ranging from:
1.0 to 2.5
3.0 to 5.0
5.5 to 7.0
7.5 to 9.0
A soil test report will include:
cost of fertilizer.
cost of lime.
recommended planting time.
suggested fertilizer rate.
When measuring pH, the higher the soil pH number, the:
less alkaline.
more acidic.
more alkaline.
more neutral.
Which pH reading is acid?
3.5
7
8
9.5
Which pH reading is alkaline?
1
3
6
9
Mark takes some soil samples from his lawn and some from a field where he grows vegetables. Compared to the field samples, his samples from the lawn should be taken:
about 2 inches deeper.
about 8 inches deeper.
about 2 inches shallower.
at the same depth.
What is the percentage of solid soil particles in an ideal soil?
5
20
50
90
Which soil particles are the smallest?
clay
rocks
sand
silt
Which is a characteristic of sandy textured soils?
High moisture-holding capacity
High nutrient-holding capacity
Low moisture-holding capacity
Small packed together soil particles
Caroline is careful to use tissue culture in laboratory conditions that are aseptic. Therefore, the laboratory environment is:
Dirty
Humid
Pretty
Sterile
Vegetative growth is the growth of:
Flowers and fruits
Fruits and roots
Leaves, stems, and roots
Roots, seeds, and flowers
Jenny needs to construct some beds to use for rooting azalea cuttings. How deep should the rooting media be?
1 inch
4 inches
12 inches
24 inches
If Dave has a bag of fescue that has a seed germination rate of 80%, he can expect:
20 out of 80 seeds to germinate
20 out of 100 seeds to germinate
80 out of 100 seeds to germinate
all seeds to germinate
In which stage of growth do plants rest or grow very little?
Dormant
Intermediate
Juvenile
Reproductive
Jacob learns a disadvantage of propagating using cuttings is that when cuttings are removed from the parent plant, the:
Cuttings' absorption process stops
Cuttings are cut off from their source of water
Parent plant needs more light
Parent plant needs additional fertilizer
When compared to the amount of oxygen produced in the process of photosynthesis, the amount of oxygen used in plant respiration is:
About the same
Less
More
Much more
The main product of photosynthesis is:
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Sugar
Water
The chemical formula for photosynthesis is:
6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + O2
C6H12O6 + O6 -> 6O2 + 6H2O
NH4NO3 + 4H2O -> 6NaCl + 4H2O
4P2O5 + 6CO2 -> 6H2O + 4CaCO3
The by-product of photosynthesis is:
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Water
The process of moving synthesized and absorbed food and nutrients within the plant is:
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Reproduction
Translocation
The plant process by which all food is manufactured is:
Absorption
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Translocation
When a plant first begins growing from a seed, the stage of growth is:
Dormant
Juvenile
Mature
Reproductive
Callie is propagating her African violet by taking leaf cuttings. She is confident that leaf cuttings will work because she is using
Axillary buds
Herbaceous plants
Stem tissue
Woody plants
Samantha is cutting the iris rhizome in sections. This method of asexual propagation in which plants are broken or cut into smaller pieces or clumps and are planted to form new plants is:
Division
Grafting
Layering
Seeding
Christy enjoys mound layering her prize-winning azalea. Which is true of her mound layering technique?
The plant has to be dug and separated first
A trench has to be dug for each stem being propagated
Only one inch of bark has to be removed
Soil has to be heaped up around the plant
Water loss from the leaf surface through evaporation is the plant process called:
Absorption
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Transpiration
Jennifer is using Rootone on her poinsettia cuttings. She knows that an advantage of using hormones on cuttings is that they:
Aid in photosynthesis
Decrease water needs
Keep the leaves from dropping
Speed root development
Plant roots take water from the soil through the process of:
Absorption
Photosynthesis
Reproduction
Respiration
Renee needs about 1,000 petunia plants. If the seed germination rate is 50%, what is the minimum number of seeds she should sow?
50
1,000
1,200
2,000
Chris is interested in producing the most new plants in the shortest time period. What is the best propagation method for him to accomplish his goal?
Budding
Cutting
Grafting
Tissue culture
Janet uses stem cuttings to propagate her prize-winning azaleas. What is the best time of day for Janet to take the cuttings from her azaleas?
Early evening
Early morning
Late afternoon
MId-day
Victoria is careful to study the temperature, moisture, and seed viability for the plants she plans to grow. These are factors that affect:
Germination rates
Hardwood cuttings
Softwood cuttings
Tree grafts
Victor joins a new variety of pecan tree to some rootstock he has grown from seeds. Which propagation method does he use?
Grafting
Hardwood cuttings
Layering
Softwood cuttings
Uneek is making leaf cuttings. She must be certain that she cuts the leaf:
Margin
Petiole
Stomate
Vein
Neil is sexually propagating some plants. Which plant parts will he use?
Leaves
Roots
Seeds
Stems
How can Tracie reduce stress on greenhouse-produced seedlings at transplanting time before removing them from the greenhouse?
Fertilize the seedlings more
Harden off the seedlings
Mist the seedlings often
Water the seedlings more
Andrew selects a unique azalea plant. The propagation method that he uses to rapidly increase the number of identical plants is:
Grafting
Leaf cuttings
Seeding
Tissue culture
Hannah is hardening off some tomatoes started in the greenhouse. Which is she reducing to harden off her plants?
Fertilizer and air
Humidity and water
Lime and phosphate
Soil and fertilizer
Jamie has a tray of marigold seedlings she started from seed. She transplants the seedlings from the seedling flat to cell packs when the:
First mature roots appear
First true leaves are on the plant
Plants are two weeks old
Seedlings are 6 inches tall
At the local restaurant, Crystal saw a hanging basket with large green leaf-like growth that looked similar to a long vein down the middle. It had many little leaf-like structures called fronds, but it had no flowers or seeds. This plant is a:
Boston fern
Glossy abelia
Shasta daisy
Wax begonia
What type of trees does Matthew have if they are small deciduous trees that flower all summer and into early fall with a flower color that may be white, pink, red, or purple?
Crepe myrtle
Evergreen euonymus
Prayer plant
Red maple
Sam found a medium-sized deciduous tree that has four trunks or stems with thin sheets of light colored bark peeling off each trunk. What is the common name of this tree?
Japanese barberry
Red maple
River birch
Sweet gum
If Jody wants to learn more about the words used in scientific classification, he would study:
French
Latin
Russian
Spanish
Alphonso's small, deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves, three- to five-inch long brown bean-type pods, and pink-purple colored seasonal flowers is an:
Ajuga
Eastern redbud
Eastern white pine
English ivy
An interior plant with large, variegated, green- and cream-colored leaves that are on a thick trunk is a:
Dumb cane
Japanese barberry
Norfolk Island pine
Winged euonymus
Neil found a large deciduous tree that has red flowers in early spring before the leaves appeared. In the summer, the leaves are dark green with a gray color under the leaves which have three to five lobes. The bark is light gray. The common name of this tree is:
Crepe myrtle
Eastern white pine
Flowering dogwood
Red maple
What is the scientific name for a Flowering Dogwood?
Acer rubrum
Cornus florida
Liriope muscari
Targetes erecta
Wayne has a large deciduous shrub with many bright yellow flowers in very early spring. It is a:
Border forsythia
Mungo pine
Parlor ivy
Shasta daisy
The scientific name for an azalea is:
Cornus florida
Ficus benjamina
Rhododendron kiusianum
saintpaulia Ionantha
In the scientific name Ficus elastica "Decora" which is a Decora Rubber Plant, the word "Decora" is the:
Genus
Kingdom
Species
Variety
Jan saw a tree with the scientific name Acer
palmatum. What is the plant's common name?
Eastern white pine
Flowering dogwood
Japanese maple
Pin oak
A small, deciduous, specimen, flowering tree that is usually crooked and has white flowers that are really bracts with a brownish color on the tip of each bract is a:
Catawba rhododendron
Flowering dogwood
Leyland cypress
Pin oak
What is the common name for Elisha’s large evergreen tree with clusters that each contain 5 needle-like leaves about four inches long?
Azalea
Eastern redbud
Eastern white pine
Red maple
What is the name of a large evergreen tree that has four- to eight-inch brown curving cones and needle-like leaves four inches long with five needles per cluster?
Eastern redbud
Eastern white pine
Evergreen euonymus
Fosteria holly
April has some indoor Christmas-season plants with bracts or modified leaves that are red, pink, or white on different plants. What is the name of these plants?
Florist chrysanthemum
Geranium
Poinsettia
Spider plant
Gene has an interior plant in his office. The plant is about 4 feet tall and looks similar to a little pine or cedar tree with dark green leaves. It is a/an:
Eastern white pine
Evergreen euonymus
Norfolk Island pine
Weeping fig
Dwarf yaupon, helleri holly, and dwarf burford holly are all in the genus called:
Ficus
Ilex
Juniperus
Prunus
Timothy found an indoor plant for his mother. If the scientific name is Ficus benjamina, what plant is it?
English ivy
Impatiens
Peace lily
Weeping fig
Lindsey has some plants at her florist shop that she bought wholesale to sell at Christmas. Most of the bracts are dark red, but she also has some pink and some white ones. The plants are:
Boston ferns
Fosteria hollies
Poinsettias
Spider plants
In a scientific name, cv. means:
center vein
color variegated
century five
cultivar
The beginning of the food chain for all living things is the process of photosynthesis. Most photosynthesis takes place in plant:
Flowers
Leaves
Roots
Stems
On each side of a school parking lot, Glenn observed medium-size deciduous trees that have white flowers in spring and reddish purple leaves in autumn. They grow in a symmetrical shape with little or no pruning. These trees are:
Border forsythia
Bradford pears
Dwarf burford hollies
Japanese aucubas
