Careers
Which career is involved with plants grown around the home for aesthetic purposes?
A. Floral designer
B. Forester
C. Landscaper
D. Wholesale florist
C. Landscaper
DNA is in the shape of a:
double helix
What type of fertilizer is animal manure?
A. Complete
B. Inorganic
C. Lime
D. Organic
D. Organic
The purpose of petals in flowers is to:
Attract insects for pollination.
spraying the fertilizer on the leaves of the plant is called...
foliar application
Which career supplies young flowering plants to a florist?
A. Floral designer
B. Forest ranger
C. Greenhouse manager
D. Landscape architect
C. Greenhouse manager
Which is a product of genetic engineering related to weed control?
A. Roundup-ready soybeans
B. Bt corn
C. High-oleic peanuts
D. Delayed-ripening tomatoes
A. Roundup-ready soybeans
A fertilizer application used on row crops where the fertilizer is placed in bands about 8" from the row:
side-dressing
The primary function of the leaf is to:
manufacture food for the plant.
What kind of propagation uses vegetative plant parts to increase the number of plants?
A. Asexual
B. Perlite
C. Sexual
D. Vermiculite
A. Asexual (No seed involved)
True or False: An entomologist is a plant science career that belongs in any of the plant science areas
TRUE: The study of bugs are important to ornamental hort, agronomy (soil & crop), and fruit/veg production
What bacteria were genetically engineered to produce insulin?
E. Coli
Which plant-growing medium is a mineral mica-type material?
Vermiculite
What temperature range will photosynthesis work best in?
65-85 degrees
method of joining two different, wooden stem plants
grafting
This career is a part of the horticulture industry and they design landscapes
Landscape Architect
A major reason for the manipulation of genes using recombinant DNA technology is to:
improve plant and animal performance.
Which plant-growing medium is a volcanic ash material
perlite
The three parts of a seed are:
Embryo
Endosperm
Seed Coat
What is applied to lower the pH value of soil?
A. Lime
B. Sulfur
C. Fertilizer
D. Sand
B. Sulfur
A person who grows, manages, and sells hay crops for various animal producers.
Forage Manager
Recombinant DNA technology is also known as:
gene splicing
Sulfur is used to lower soil pH so that the soil will become more:
Acidic (0-6 = Acidic, 7=neutral, 8-14=alkaline/basic)
The primary function of the root is to (2 things!)
anchor the plant and supply water and nutrients.
The propagation method where a plant is separated into smaller parts is:
division