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1
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A circular design does not have

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A focal point

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2
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Most fungal diseases grow best in

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High moisture conditions

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3
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Mums are considered a short-day crop; that is, the plant sets flower buds and blooms only when

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Nights are long and days are short

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4
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During respiration, plants

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Use oxygen

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5
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If green plants show a ( ) color, this suggest a nitrogen deficiency

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Yellow

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6
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( ) exists when the terminal bud produces hormones that inhibit or prevent the growth of axillary buds on the same shoot

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Apical dominance

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7
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Floral foam is sufficiently soaked when

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Air bubbles are no longer coming out of the foam

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8
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( )Seeding is when seeds are down in a seperate place from where the plants will eventually

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Indirect

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9
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( ) is used to accentuate the flowers and colors used in a design

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Repetition

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10
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( ) are chemicals used to control snails and slugs

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Molluscicides

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11
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Small green insects with piercing mouth parts are .

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Aphids

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12
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The recommend daytime temperature range for indoor plants is

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50-85

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13
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___ is one of the basic floral design shapes

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Circular

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14
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In the list of flowers/ materials below, which list is not all line flowers

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Bells of Ireland, Carnations, branches and Snapdragon.

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15
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Joe places a box of apples in his flower cooler. The next day he saw some cut flowers looking bad and deteriorating. Could the Apples have caused this problem?

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Yes, fruit produces ethylene gas which causes flowers to senesce.

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16
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Floral foam should be hydrated before use in flower arrangement. Which of these methods is the best for accomplishing the soaling of foam

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The foam is allowed to float on the surface until it is soaked

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17
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The wire services that a retail flower shop can use are

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FTD, teleflora, florafax, American floral services, and carik

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18
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In growing potted chrysanthemums, the desirable temp range for flower bud initiation is

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62 to 65 degrees F at night

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19
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As a grower you want to use soft pesticides for plant pest control. Which group below includes “soft” pesticides?

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Insect growth regulators, botanical insecticides, horticulture oils

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20
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The place in a plant where the process of photosynthesis occurs is

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In green chloroplasts within cells

21
Q

A solenoid valve is used in Greenhouses

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As an electrical device used to control the flow of water in greenhouses

22
Q

A manometer is used in a greenhouse to measure

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Air pressure between layers of plastic

23
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In horticulture, the term “explant” is

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Small pieces of plant material used on tissue culture

24
Q

In greenhouse plant growing a zero DIF will result in

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Shorter plants compared to plants grown with a positive DIF

25
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The three secondary colors of flower arrangements are

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Orange green and violet

26
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The nutrient iron is essential in plants because

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Iron is required to produce chlorophyll

27
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___ buds are found at the base of a leaf petiole and next to the stem

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Axillary

28
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A plant with a tunicate bulb is a(n)

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Tullip

29
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Binomial classification of a plant requires a ___ and___ for the name

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Genus and specific epithet

30
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A tissue in a seed that provides stored food for the embryo is

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Endosperm

31
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The process of propagating plants on an agar gel or nutrient medium is known as

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micro propagation

32
Q

A floristis wire with a gauge of 18 will be ___ than a florists wire with a gauge of 28

A

Thicker

33
Q

On a financial planning sheet, the costs of the plant materials (I.e purchase cost of seeds, cuttings, bulbs etc.) Would be examples of

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Direct costs

34
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Floral preservatives for cut flowers should contain all of the following except

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Nitrogen fertilizer

35
Q

What type of environment do chrysanthemum require to produce flowers

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Short day photoperiod

36
Q

Injecting dilute sulfuric acid into the interigation system during green house production will

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Decrease the root medium pH

37
Q

What are the organelles that capture and process the light that a plant intercepts

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Chloroplasts

38
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The process of ___ is when a plant loses water through stomates

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Transpiration

39
Q

Which glazing material for greenhouse allows the lowest light transmittance

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Double-layer polyethylene

40
Q

The calculated difference between the day temp and night temp in a greenhouse production situation is known as

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DIF

41
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Before using a chemical you should refer to the SDS or

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Safety Data Sheet

42
Q

The binomial system for naming plants is

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Used internationally

43
Q

Plants that have two ___ are known as dicots

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Cotyledons

44
Q

Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll that ___ green light giving plants their green color

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Reflect

45
Q

___ insecticides are pesticides that are translocated throughout the plant and kill any insects that feed on the plant

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Systemic

46
Q

When dealing with plant diseases, there must be ___ things present for any plant disease to form

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Three

47
Q

___ plants are material kept specifically for the purpose of propagation

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Stock

48
Q

Grasshoppers begin their life cycle as an egg, transition to larva, and change into an adult. This would be classified as ___ metamorphosis

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