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Intro to Horticulture Year 10AGH
Intro to Horticulture Year 10AGH
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A few things you have learnt this semester
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1
The process in which plants convert sunlight energy into food is called...
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Solarsynthesis
Autosynthesis
2
The biggest agricultural industry in NZ is
dairy
kiwifruit
chicken
potatoes
3
Which is NOT a basic need of plants?
Soil
Water
Sunlight
Minerals
4
The business of growing field crops is called...
Floriculture
Landscape and Nursery planting
arable farming
Pomology
5
To harden off seedlings you use a.......
you don't need harden them off
A propagator
a glasshouse
A shade house
6
Velvet is
used in Asian medicine
A type of plant
Deer antlers
Deer hooves
7
Nitrogen fertiliser helps plants to grow
Flowers
Leaves and stems
Roots
Fruit
8
A dibber is
never used in an outside plot
Used to squash snails
used to make a hole to plant seeds the right depth
Is always green
9
Taratahi and Telford Colleges are
Polytechs
Agricultural colleges
Universities
High schools
10
An apical bud in a plant is
the main root
a branch
the top bud
a side bud
11
A species can be defined as...
plants that have all the same flower color
a group of like plants that consistently produce like plants
a group of plants that are all different
plants that are all the same size
12
cuttings can be rooted in
Water
Sand and peat
all of these
propagators
13
Which plant grows the fastest?
spring onions
radishes
broccoli
asian greens
14
blood and bone is
An inorganic fertiliser
an organic fertiliser
15
Which is the correct spelling?
Secateurs
Saccaters
Secceters
16
A cotyledon is
The seed coat
The embryo seed
Food stored in a seed
Who knows?
17
the main reason I should not walk on my plot is because....
It will damage plants
Mrs McKoy doesn't like it
It compacts the soil and takes out the air
It gets my feet dirty
18
I can take up Ag/Hort in any senior level at school...
False
True
19
The cultivar name of a plant is
where it is grown
a name based on a specific variety of a plant
how to cultivate it
Its scientific name
20
Adding lime to soil....
Neutralises acid
Adds nitrogen
Makes the soil look green
Gets rid of pests
21
A fine tilth means
Soil hard to dig
Soil with lumps in it
Soil is too wet
Fine grained suitable for seeds
22
Subjects that go with AGH are...
Economics
Biology
Chemistry
Geography
23
The business and industry involving the care and management of grapes is called
Floriculture
Grape culture
viticulture
orcharding
24
Who introduced potatoes to NZ?
The Maori
Samuel Marsden
James Cook
Fijians
25
When working on my plot, what should be done last?
transplanting
Cultivating
Adding fertiliser
Watering
