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PLANT GROWTH MEDIA TERMS REVIEW

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

AIR CIRCULATION INTO SOIL.

a)

AERATION

b)

AIR INDUCTION

c)

OXYGENATION

d)

CIRCULATION

2.

IN THE TERM COCONUT COIR, COIR IS PRONOUNCED LIKE ______________.

a)

CORE

b)

CHOIR

3.

______________________ MANURE SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN A COMPOST PILE.

a)

PET (DOG AND CAT)

b)

LIVESTOCK

4.

THIS TYPE OF PLANTING CAN COVER BARE SOIL WHEN A CROP IS NOT ACTIVELY GROWING IN AN AREA.

a)

COVER CROP

b)

PLASTICULTURE

c)

CROPICULTURE

d)

COMPOST CROP

5.

A LAYER OF SOIL TYPICALLY DIFFERENTIATED BY ITS COLOR

a)

PROFILE

b)

HORIZON

c)

CROSS SECTION

d)

LINEAR LINE EQUIVALENT GRADIENT NARRATIVE LAYER

6.

A SOIL WITH A MIXTURE OF SAND, SILT AND CLAY.

a)

CLAY

b)

SAND

c)

SILT

d)

LOAM

7.

FROM DEAD PLANTS & ANIMALS.

a)

ORGANIC MATTER

b)

PERLITE

c)

LOAMY SOIL

d)

VERMICULITE

8.

USED TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE IN POTTING SOILS.

a)

LOAM

b)

PERLITE

c)

COMPOST

d)

VERMICULITE

9.

SOILLESS GROWING MEDIA ARE STERILE.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE A COMPONENT OF A SOILLESS MEDIA.

a)

PEAT MOSS

b)

WOOD CHIPS

c)

PERLITE

d)

TOPSOIL

11.

PORE SPACES IN SOILS ARE FILLED WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING 2 THINGS?

a)

AIR

b)

SAND

c)

WATER

d)

ORGANIC MATTER

12.

TOPSOIL IS KNOW BY WHICH OF THE 2 FOLLOWING NAMES?

a)

SURFACE HORIZON

b)

A HORIZON

c)

SUBSOIL

d)

ORGANIC MATTER

13.

VERMICULITE IS USED IN SOILLESS GROWING MIXES. WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE?

a)

PROVIDES BETTER DRAINAGE

b)

INCREASES WATER ABSORPTION

14.

THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT HELP TO CREATE SOIL ARE KNOWN AS _____________________.

a)

AGING

b)

WEATHERING

c)

DECOMPOSITION

d)

ORGANIC MINERAL BREAKDOWN

15.

NAME THIS INGREDIENT TO SOILLESS POTTING MIXES.

a)

VERMICULITE

b)

PERLITE

16.

PICTURED IS AN EXAMPLE OF ________________.

a)

PLANTING COVER CROPS

b)

AERIFYING THE SOIL

c)

CREATING COMPOST

d)

DEVELOPING TOPSOIL