WorksheetsVegetable Industry #1A: Gardening Basics
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Removing alien plants (plants other than the crops your are growing) from crop fields.
a)
seed spacing
b)
apiary
c)
weeding
d)
deadhead
2.
What type of storage is recommended for fresh vegetables?
a)
Dry storage
b)
Freezing
c)
Canning
d)
Refrigeration
3.
What vegetables should NOT be refrigerated, but should be stored at room temperature? (3)
a)
onions, garlic
b)
potatoes, winter squash
c)
tomatoes
d)
lettuce
4.
When ice crystals form within plant tissue, damaging their cells and causing them to lose water so they appear wilted. The wilted growth will turn brown or black and eventually become crispy. Watering them afterwards can help them to rehydrate.
a)
frost cloth
b)
sow
c)
frost burn
d)
cold hardy
5.
Process of moving plants outdoors for a portion of the day to gradually introduce them to the direct sunlight, dry air, and cold nights.
a)
hardening off
b)
weeding
c)
planting depth
d)
germination
6.
Plants that can survive cold temperatures.
a)
cold hardy
b)
apiary
c)
deadhead
d)
cold frame
7.
A type of fabric used to cover plants that are only somewhat "cold hardy".
a)
cold frame
b)
frost burn
c)
frost cloth
d)
cold hardy
8.
A bottomless wood box with a sloping glass in which early season plants are protected from freezing temperatures
a)
deadhead
b)
seed spacing
c)
cold hardy
d)
cold frame
9.
The depth at which, or how deeply, seeds are planted. Also includes making sure plants are in the middle of a "crater" rather than a "volcano" so water will accumulate at the roots.
a)
frost cloth
b)
plant habit
c)
planning a garden site
d)
planting depth
10.
When young plants are grown indoors then transplanted into the garden with roots and surrounding soil intact. (as opposed to "up-potting")
a)
transplanting seedlings
b)
planting depth
c)
direct seeding
d)
plant habit
11.
The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow.
a)
weeding
b)
frost burn
c)
pollination
d)
germination
12.
Remove some desirable plants from (a row or area) to allow the others more room to grow.
a)
weeding
b)
thinning
c)
tilling
d)
hoeing
13.
Distance between seed/lings and or rows.
a)
seed spacing
b)
weeding
c)
direct seeding
d)
deadhead
14.
Putting seeds directly into the soil rather than planting seedlings.
a)
deadhead
b)
direct seeding
c)
seed spacing
d)
weeding
15.
To plant or scatter seed.
a)
sow
b)
deadhead
c)
weeding
d)
apiary
16.
General form of a plant, encompassing stem duration and branching pattern, development, or texture. For example, tomoatoes can be determinate (bushy) or indeterminate (sprawling vines).
a)
deadhead
b)
cold hardy
c)
planting depth
d)
plant habit
17.
Pinching or cutting off spent (dead) flowers to increase additional flowering or to slow fruit production in young plants.
a)
apiary
b)
deadhead
c)
weeding
d)
cold hardy
18.
Sexual reproduction in plants occurs by the transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures in the flower to female reproductive structures in plants. Plants can self- or cross-pollinate by wind, water, and living pollinators like birds, insects (especially bees and wasps), butterflies, bats, and other animals that visit flowers.
a)
germination
b)
cold hardy
c)
apiary
d)
pollination
19.
Kind of asexual reproduction that uses parts of plants to grow new plants. Examples include planting potato "eyes" and strawberry "suckers".
a)
vegetative propagation
b)
germination
c)
pollination
d)
seed spacing
20.
A place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their pollination role in plant reproduction and/or their honey. Bees pollinate 80% of US crops.
a)
apiary
b)
cold hardy
c)
sow
d)
weeding
21.
Amount of full (direct) sunlight needed to grow vegetables.
a)
cold hardy
b)
deadhead
c)
6-8 hours a day
d)
frost cloth
22.
Which is true about site selection for a new vegetable garden?
a)
It needs sandy soil to hold water.
b)
It should be higher than adjacent areas to collect falling rain.
c)
It must receive 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.
d)
It should be a low area to protect it from settling cold pockets of air.
23.
Water transplanted seedlings daily until they are established, and then _________________________________ depending on temperature and humidity. On average, vegetables need a total of 1 inch of water per week including rainfall. Water in the morning to prevent fungal diseases.
a)
access to water
b)
6-8 hours a day
c)
2-3 times per week
d)
planting depth
24.
1st and most important thing to plan for with new garden site?
a)
frost burn
b)
access to water
c)
cold frame
d)
frost cloth
25.
Level location with access to water and plenty of sunlight. Too high a site = dry soil. Too low a site = drainage and frost problems.
a)
planning a garden site
b)
planting depth
c)
plant habit
d)
pollination
26.
The science of cultivating, propagating, processing, and marketing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
a)
Agronomy
b)
Botany
c)
Floristry
d)
Horticulture
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