HORTICULTURE EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #11
1. Chewing insects eat plants rapidly and become blank and more blank blank.: Larger
more damaging
2. Any material applied to a soil or plant to supply essitential elemetns for plant growth: Fertilizer
3. What is soil pH?: a measurement of acidity or alkalinity of the soil
4. Macroelements: elements needed in large amounts or quantities
5. The uncoconsaldiated mineral or organic matter on the earths surface that serves a natural
medium for the growth of land plants.: Soil
6. The main particles present in soil are:: Clay Silt
Sand
7. It is defined as the relative capacity of the soil that attracts and holds nutrients on the
surface of soil particles: Cation Exchange Capacity
8. Contour planning, shelter-belts, filter strips, and sustainable agriculture are techniques used for:
Soil Conservation
9. Two steps used to diagnosing plant disorders?: 1. Identifying the affected plant
2.determining the cause of the problem
10.Alleopathy: One organism secretes a substance to inhibit the growth of another
11.The process of transformation from an immature form of a adult in two or more distant stages:
Metamorphis
12.Caterpillars and borers are.: chewing insects
13.Nocturnal insects identified by the larger pinchers in their abdomen: Ear- wings
14.They feed on the sap by inserting their mouthparts into the phloem or by grafting a small area
on the plant: Sucking Pest
15.Their feeding causes honey dew on the plant: Aphids
16.What are the 3 aspects to consider when growing a vegetable in the garden?: Growth
Temperature
Edible Form/Portion
17.crop rotation: The planting of different crops in a field each year to maintain the soil's
fertility.
18.Blank is used to maintain fertility in established vegetable gardens but blank is used to
improve the soil: Crop Rotation
Green Manure Crops
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1. Chewing insects eat plants rapidly and become blank and more blank blank.: Larger
more damaging
2. Any material applied to a soil or plant to supply essitential elemetns for plant growth: Fertilizer
3. What is soil pH?: a measurement of acidity or alkalinity of the soil
4. Macroelements: elements needed in large amounts or quantities
5. The uncoconsaldiated mineral or organic matter on the earths surface that serves a natural
medium for the growth of land plants.: Soil
6. The main particles present in soil are:: Clay Silt
Sand
7. It is defined as the relative capacity of the soil that attracts and holds nutrients on the
surface of soil particles: Cation Exchange Capacity
8. Contour planning, shelter-belts, filter strips, and sustainable agriculture are techniques used for:
Soil Conservation
9. Two steps used to diagnosing plant disorders?: 1. Identifying the affected plant
2.determining the cause of the problem
10.Alleopathy: One organism secretes a substance to inhibit the growth of another
11.The process of transformation from an immature form of a adult in two or more distant stages:
Metamorphis
12.Caterpillars and borers are.: chewing insects
13.Nocturnal insects identified by the larger pinchers in their abdomen: Ear- wings
14.They feed on the sap by inserting their mouthparts into the phloem or by grafting a small area
on the plant: Sucking Pest
15.Their feeding causes honey dew on the plant: Aphids
16.What are the 3 aspects to consider when growing a vegetable in the garden?: Growth
Temperature
Edible Form/Portion
17.crop rotation: The planting of different crops in a field each year to maintain the soil's
fertility.
18.Blank is used to maintain fertility in established vegetable gardens but blank is used to
improve the soil: Crop Rotation
Green Manure Crops
1/
4
