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Question 1

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the part of the horticulture industry MOST associated with growing, maintaining and processing grapes is

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Floriculture
Olericulture
Pomology
Viticulture

Question 2

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The science MOST associated with the study of plants grown for food or beautification is:

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Agronomy.
Forestry.
Horticulture.
Physics.

Question 3

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The part of the horticulture instructional program that provides opportunities to develop leadership, teamwork, citizenship, personal growth and career success is:

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FFA.
Horticulture knowledge.
Plant nursery.
Supervised Agriculture Experience.

Question 4

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Which horticulture division includes vegetable production is:

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Floriculture.
Forestry.
Olericulture.
Turf grass.

Question 5

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A deciduous tree with acorns and narrow green leaves that grows about 60 feet high and forty feet wide is a:

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Flowering Dogwood.
Norfolk Island Pine .
Sweetgum.
Willow Oak.

Question 6

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Jane has a small deciduous tree with deep pink double flowers about 2" across used as an accent plant. The tree is a:

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Helleri Holly.
Japanese Flowering Cherry.
Norfolk Island Pine.
Weeping Fig.

Question 7

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Matthew has a small deciduous tree with white, pink, red and purple flowers on different trees. Except for the flower color, all the trees look the same including the smooth bark. The trees have many flowers all summer and early fall. These trees are:

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Crape Myrtle.
Evergreen Euonymus.
Prayer Plant.
Red Maple.

Question 8

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An interior plant with large variegated green and cream colored large leaves that are on a thick trunk is a:

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Dumbcane.
Japanese Barberry.
Norfolk Island Pine.
Winged Euonymus.

Question 9

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On each side of a school parking lot, Glenn observed medium-size deciduous trees that have white flowers in the spring and reddish purple leaves in the autumn. They grow in a symmetrical shape with little or no pruning. These trees are:

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Border Forsythia.
Bradford Pear.
Dwarf Burford Holly.
Japanese Aucuba.

Question 10

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If Lynwood saw a plant with the word "Pinus" in the scientific name, what kind of plant would it be?

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Maple.
Pine.
Oak.
Sweetgum.

Question 11

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A large deciduous tree with star-shaped leaves that turn yellow, orange, red and purple in the fall and also has burns oe prickly balls is a:

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Crape Myrtle.
Norfolk Island Pine.
Sweetgum.
Winged Euonymus.

Question 12

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David's neighbor has a large evergreen shrub with many large flowers and dark green leaves with smooth margins. The leaves are about 5" long and 2" wide. He has seen plants similar to this growing in shade beside roads in the mountains of North Carolina. The shrub is a:

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Bar Harbor Juniper.
Catawba Rhododendron.
Japanese Privet.
River Birch.

Question 13

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The lawn at the local library has a large deciduous tree about fifty feet tall with leaves that have five to seven lobes and three or four bristle tips on each lobe that turn brilliant red in the autumn. It also has acorns. This tree is a:

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Pin Oak.
Red Maple.
River Birch.
Weeping Fig.

Question 14

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Wayne has a large deciduous shrub with many bright yellow flowers in very early spring. It is a:

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Mugo Pine.
Parlor Ivy.
Shasta Daisy.
Border Forsythia.

Question 15

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A large evergreen tree has four to eight inch brown curving cones and needle like leaves four inches long with five needles per cluster, What is the name of this tree?

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Eastern Red Bud.
Eastern White Pine
Evergreen Euonymus.
Fosteria Holly

Question 16

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Lauren has a tall tree near her home. The deciduous tree has dark green star shaped leaves., and it has many prickly balls or burs on the ground. What is the common name for this tree?

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Eastern Red Bud.
Eastern White Pine.
River Birch.
Sweetgum.

Question 17

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What is the scientific name for Flowering Dogwood.

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Acer Rubrum.
Cornus Florida.
Liriope Muscari.
Tagetes Erecta.

Question 18

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An indoor flowering plant grown for hanging baskets and potted plants and has red, white, or pink flowers and green leaves that usually have long petioles and is popular for Mother's Day is a:

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Boston Fern.
Catawba Rhododendron.
Geranium.
Japanese Flowering Cherry.

Question 19

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Travis visited his old ball field and found a large evergreen shrub with dark green leaves that are 3" long and 1 1/2" wide with raised veins underneath. It has 1/4" dark purple berries with a hard seed inside. This shrub is a:

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Border Forsythia.
Day Lilly.
Japanese Privet.
Sprengeri Fern.

Question 20

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The openings or stomates in the lower leaf surface are opened and closed by the:

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Guard Cells.
Lateral Buds.
Margins.
Xylem.

Question 21

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The edge of a leaf is the:

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Midrib.
Terminal Bud.
Margin.
Veins.

Question 22

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What type of flower has ONLY male or ONLY female flower parts?

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Asexual.
Complete.
Incomplete.
Pretty.

Question 23

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The plant part that attracts insects for pollination is the:

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Flower.
Leaf.
Root.
Steam.

Question 24

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The green color of leaves is caused by the:

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Epidermis.
Chloroplasts.
Guard Cells.
Margin.

Question 25

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Which is part of a steam?

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Anther.
Filament.
Leaf Scars.
Root Cap.

Question 26

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The part of a flower that develops into a fruit is the:

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Anther.
Ovary.
Filament.
Petal.

Question 27

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The beginning of the food chain for all living things in the process of photosynthesis which takes place in plant:

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Flowers.
Leaves.
Roots.
Stems.

Question 28

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Plants that take three or more years to complete their life cycle are:

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Annuals.
Biennials.
Millenniums.
Perennials.

Question 29

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The primary function of plant seeds is:

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Absorption.
Photosynthesis.
Plant Identification.
Sexual Reproduction.

Question 30

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What type bud is on the side of a stem?

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Apical.
Lateral.
Lentical.
Terminal.

Question 31

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The primary function of fruit is to:

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Absorb water and nutrients from soil.
Carry, nourish and protect seeds.
Connect roots to leaves.
Manufacture food for the plant.

Question 32

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Monocot stems have the xylem and phloem:

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In small bundles scattered through the stem.
In ten layers or ten circles.
On each side of the cambium layer.
On the outside of the stem.

Question 33

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As part of regular biological processes, a deciduous tree:

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Dies each year in the winter.
Drops its functional leaves in the dormant season.
Keeps its functional leaves in the dormant season.
Remains green all the year.

Question 34

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Plants that complete their life cycles in two years are:

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Annuals.
Biennials.
Centennials.
Perennials.

Question 35

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If a plant is turgid, it is:

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Drowned and drooping.
Pale green or yellow.
Swollen with moisture.
Wilted from lack of water.

Question 36

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Marigolds and other warm season plants grow BEST during:

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Early spring.
Late Fall.
Mid summer.
Mid winter.

Question 37

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Because trees live many years, they are:

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Annuals.
Biennials.
Perennials.
Semi-Annuals.

Question 38

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The terms annual, biennial and perennial describe plant:

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Leaf loss.
Life cycle.
Production practices.
Root type.

Question 39

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MOST cool season grasses grow very little during the hottest months of summer. What is this condition called?

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Dead.
Turgid.
Wilted.
Dormant

Question 40

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In North Carolina, a tree that has no leaves in the winter is:

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Evergreen.
Herbaceous.
Deciduous.
Turgid.

Question 41

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Annual plants complete their life cycle in:

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One year.
Two years.
Three years.
Ten years.

Question 42

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An old home has a larger evergreen tree with big shiny leaves, white flowers that are 6" to 9" across and cone like pods with red seeds. What is the common name of the tree?

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Japanese Flowering Cherry.
Japanese Maple.
Southern Magnolia.
Sweetgum.

Question 43

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If Jody wants to learn more about the words used in the scientific classification, he would study:

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French.
Latin.
Russian.
Spanish.

Question 44

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What is the texture of soils that have about equal parts of sand, clay and silt?

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Loamy.
Clayey.
Sandy.
Silty.

Question 45

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Wendy has problems getting flowers to grow in the one of her flower beds. If she wants to send a soil sample to the laboratory to get recommendations to correct her problem, she should take cores or slices from:

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All the flower beds.
All the flower beds expect problem one.
The entire lawn.
The problem flower bed.

Question 46

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Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur are:

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Macronutrients.
Micronutrients.
Primary elements.
Secondary elements.

Question 47

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Robin saw some medium sized deciduous shrubs near the school sidewalks. The plants have 1" long leaves, small spines at the leaf nodes and 1/4" to 1/2" red berries. These shrubs are:

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Helleri Holly.
Japanese Barberry.
Pin oak.
Prayer Plant

Question 48

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If a plant has a phosphorus deficiency, a symptom that usually appears is:

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Cupped or curled leaf tips.
Rotting fruit on young plants.
Purplish color in older leaves.
Yellow leaves with green veins.

Question 49

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At the back of his lot, Ben observed a large deciduous tree about sixty feet tall and forty feet wide that has narrow green leaves and small acorns. What is the name of this tree?

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Eastern White Pine
Leyland Cypress
Red Maple.
Willow Oak.

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