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1
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A circular design does not have __________.

A

c. A focal point

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2
Q

Most fungal diseases grow best in ___________.

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c. 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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b. Nights are long and days are short

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4
Q

During respiration, plants _______.

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c. Use oxygen

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5
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If green plants show a ________ color, this suggests a nitrogen deficiency

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d. Purple

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6
Q

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

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d. Apical dominance

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7
Q

Floral foam is sufficiently soaked when _________

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d. Air bubbles are no longer coming out of the foam

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8
Q

___________ seeding is when seeds are sown in a separate place from where the plants
will eventually grow to maturity.

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c

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9
Q

_________ is used to accentuate the flowers and colors used in a design

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Repetition

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10
Q

___________ are chemicals used to control snails and slugs.

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c. Molluscicides

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11
Q

Small green insects with piercing mouth parts are ________

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Aphids

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12
Q

The recommended daytime temperature range for indoor plants is _________.

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. 50-85° F

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13
Q

______ is one of the basic floral design shapes

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Circular

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14
Q

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

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Bells of Ireland, carnations, branches, snapdragons

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15
Q

Joe placed 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 can cause flowers to senesce.

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16
Q

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

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

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17
Q

A wholesale greenhouse operation has grown 4,250 six inch pots of poinsettias. At the
end of the Christmas season, 3,789 pots were sold. The wholesale selling price was
$3.85 per pot. The retail businesses sold the pots of poinsettias for $6.89. The cost per
pot grown was $2.16 per pot. What was the net return on the poinsettia crop to the
greenhouse operation?

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$5,407.65

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18
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You work for a retail flower shop is Bloomington, Indiana. You are figuring a bill for a
customer. In Bloomington the state sales tax is 5%, the city sales tax is 0.5%, and the
county sales tax is 1%. The cost of the arrangement for the customer is $72.45. What is
the total of the customer’s bill?

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$77.16

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19
Q

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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20
Q

In growing potted chrysanthemums, the desirable temperature range for flower bud
initiation is:

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62 to 65 degrees F at night

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21
Q

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, horticultural oils

22
Q

The place in the plant where the process of photosynthesis occurs is:

A

In green chloroplasts within cells

23
Q

A solenoid valve is used in greenhouses:

A

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

24
Q

A manometer is used in a greenhouse to measure:

A

Air pressure between layers of plastic

25
Q

. In horticulture, the term “explant’ is:

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Small pieces of plant material used in tissue culture

26
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

27
Q

The three secondary colors in flower arrangements are:

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Orange, green, and violet

28
Q

. The nutrient iron is essential in plants because:

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Iron is required to produce chlorophyll

29
Q

. ____________ buds are found at the base of a leaf petiole and next to the stem

A

axillary

30
Q

A plant with a tunicate bulb is a(n) _____________.

A

tulip

31
Q

Binomial classification of a plant requires a ___________ and ___________for the
name.

A

genus and specific epithet

32
Q

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

A

endosperm

33
Q

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

A

micropropagation

34
Q

A florists’ wire with a gauge of 18 will be ________ than florists’ wire with a gauge of 28.

A

thicker

35
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

36
Q

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

A

nitrogen fertilizer

37
Q

. What type of environment do chrysanthemums require to produce flowers?

A

short day photoperiod

38
Q

Injecting dilute sulfuric acid into the irrigation system during greenhouse production
will:

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decrease the root medium pH

39
Q

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

A

chloroplasts

40
Q

The process of _____________ is when a plant loses water through stomates.

A

. transpiration

41
Q

Which glazing material for greenhouses allows the lowest light transmittance?

A

c. double-layer polyethylene

42
Q

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

A

DIF

43
Q

Before using a chemical you should refer to the SDS or

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Safety Data Sheet

44
Q

. The binomial system for naming plants is

A

used Internationally

45
Q

. Plants that have two ___________ are known as dicots.

A

cotyledons

46
Q

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

A

reflect

47
Q

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

A

Systemic

48
Q

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

A

. three

49
Q

________ plants are plant material kept specifically for the purpose of propagation.

A

Stock

50
Q

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

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incomplete

Floriculture CDE (2 decks)

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