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WorksheetsPLANT GROWTH MEDIA TERMS REVIEW
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
AIR CIRCULATION INTO SOIL.
AERATION
AIR INDUCTION
OXYGENATION
CIRCULATION
IN THE TERM COCONUT COIR, COIR IS PRONOUNCED LIKE ______________.
CORE
CHOIR
______________________ MANURE SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN A COMPOST PILE.
PET (DOG AND CAT)
LIVESTOCK
THIS TYPE OF PLANTING CAN COVER BARE SOIL WHEN A CROP IS NOT ACTIVELY GROWING IN AN AREA.
COVER CROP
PLASTICULTURE
CROPICULTURE
COMPOST CROP
A LAYER OF SOIL TYPICALLY DIFFERENTIATED BY ITS COLOR
PROFILE
HORIZON
CROSS SECTION
LINEAR LINE EQUIVALENT GRADIENT NARRATIVE LAYER
A SOIL WITH A MIXTURE OF SAND, SILT AND CLAY.
CLAY
SAND
SILT
LOAM
FROM DEAD PLANTS & ANIMALS.
ORGANIC MATTER
PERLITE
LOAMY SOIL
VERMICULITE
USED TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE IN POTTING SOILS.
LOAM
PERLITE
COMPOST
VERMICULITE
SOILLESS GROWING MEDIA ARE STERILE.
TRUE
FALSE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE A COMPONENT OF A SOILLESS MEDIA.
PEAT MOSS
WOOD CHIPS
PERLITE
TOPSOIL
PORE SPACES IN SOILS ARE FILLED WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING 2 THINGS?
AIR
SAND
WATER
ORGANIC MATTER
TOPSOIL IS KNOW BY WHICH OF THE 2 FOLLOWING NAMES?
SURFACE HORIZON
A HORIZON
SUBSOIL
ORGANIC MATTER
VERMICULITE IS USED IN SOILLESS GROWING MIXES. WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE?
PROVIDES BETTER DRAINAGE
INCREASES WATER ABSORPTION
THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT HELP TO CREATE SOIL ARE KNOWN AS _____________________.
AGING
WEATHERING
DECOMPOSITION
ORGANIC MINERAL BREAKDOWN
NAME THIS INGREDIENT TO SOILLESS POTTING MIXES.
VERMICULITE
PERLITE
PICTURED IS AN EXAMPLE OF ________________.
PLANTING COVER CROPS
AERIFYING THE SOIL
CREATING COMPOST
DEVELOPING TOPSOIL
