Deck 1

Question 1

The amount of air in any given soil, good aeration occurs in loose, open soils; poor aeration occurs in heavy, tight soils.

Answer 1

Aeration

Question 2

A three-quarter size pot; the height is three-quarters of its width.

Answer 2

Azalea pot

Question 3

A pot made of fired clay; it is burnt orange in color and fragile (it is easily broken if dropped); it can be steam sterilized, has porous sidewalls, and is heavy in weight.

Answer 3

Clay pot

Question 4

The object in which plants are grown, such as a pot, basket, bucket, or market pack

Answer 4

Container

Question 5

The medium used to grow orchids; it is usually mixed with peat moss.

Answer 5

Fir bark

Question 6

The media (soil or soilless mixtures) in which seed is germinated.

Answer 6

Germination media

Question 7

A mixture of materials in which plants are grown.

Answer 7

Growing medium

Question 8

Organic matter in an advanced state of decay.

Answer 8

Humus

Question 9

Nutrient solution in which plants are grown

Answer 9

Hydroponics solution.

Question 10

A peat moss derived from Hypnum moss.

Answer 10

Hypnum peat.

Question 11

Material that does not contain carbon; sand, perlite, and vermiculite are examples.

Answer 11

Inorganic material.

Question 12

The rotted remains of leaves.

Answer 12

Leaf mold.

Question 13

The term used to describe the “soil” in which plants are grown; the plural of medium is media.

Answer 13

Medium.

Question 14

A microscopic living organism in the soil or medium.

Answer 14

Microorganism.

Question 15

Material containing carbon; peat moss, sawdust, and wood chips are organic materials.

Answer 15

Organic material.

Question 16

Putting too small a plant into too large a container.

Answer 16

Overpotting.

Question 17

Process that kills only harmful disease organisms; aerated steam at 140’F-160’F (60’C-72’C) is used to pasteurize soils.

Answer 17

Pasteurization.

Question 18

The area from which peat is dug; a natural deposit of peat moss.

Answer 18

Peat bog

Question 19

Partially decomposed moss.

Answer 19

Peat moss

Question 20

Pots made of compressed peat moss and paper.

Answer 20

Peat pots

Question 21

An area that contains 100 percent water at the bottom of a pot or bench filled with growing medium.

Answer 21

Perched water table

Question 22

A volcanic mineral expanded by heating to 1,800’F (982’C); used as a soil additive, it is white in color.

Answer 22

Perlite

Question 23

A soil (usually clay) that is worked when it is too wet; its structure is ruined.

Answer 23

Puddled soil

Question 24

Peat derived from the various reeds and sedges that usually grow together.

Answer 24

Reed-sedge peat.

Question 25

Replanting plants into another, usually larger, container

Answer 25

Repotting or shifting up

Question 26

Refers to the arrangement of the soil particles,

Answer 26

Soil structure

Question 27

Refers to the size of the soil particles; gravel, sand, silt, and clay are classes of texture.

Answer 27

Soil texture

Question 28

A particular type of peat moss derived from the Sphagnum moss species.

Answer 28

Sphagnum moss peat.

Question 29

A full size pot for which the height is equal to the width, measured at the top of the pot.

Answer 29

Standard pot

Question 30

Surface soil high in organic matter.

Answer 30

Topsoil

Question 31

A mica mineral expanded by heating to 1,400OF (7600C); used as part of the peat-lite mixes.

Answer 31

Vermiculite

Question 32

Soil that is overwatered.

Answer 32

Waterlogged soil