If you consider yourself an expert in the green industry, you’ll enjoy taking this quick quiz to test your knowledge. The answer key is as the bottom so you can quickly check your answers.

Having a deep understanding of lawn, tree and plant care is critical to being a successful green industry professional. Your residential and commercial customers depend on you to provide them the best service and advice possible for their lawn care needs. If you have any questions that are stumping you, no pun intended, be sure and ask our expert, Harold, at Spring-Green.

Your Green Industry IQ Quiz

1. What does the pH level measure in soil?
a) acidity or alkalinity
b) clay
c) chlorophyll

2. How many square feet are in an acre?
a) 52,350
b) 41,525
c) 43,560

3. Cambium is the _______________________.
a) thin membrane just the beneath bark of plant
b) stem of a shrub
c) the leaf growth just below a flower

4. To scarify means to___________________.
a) reduce the amount of water supply
b) provide a protective barrier
c) cut, scratch or loosen roots or soil

5. Phloem is a_________________________.
a) fungus that emerges in moist, shaded areas
b) complex tissue that conducts food in woody plants
c) soil additive

6. A Biennial Plant completes its life cycle______.
a) every 2 years
b) every 6 months
c) once every year

7. For an alkaline soil, what must the pH level be above?
a) 6.5
b) 9.0
c) 7.0

8. Bolting refers to ________________________.
a) Staking a plant to provide support.
b) Vegetables which quickly go to flower rather than producing a food crop.
c) a pathogen that impairs the normal function of a plant

9. Hardpan is a __________________________.
a) container used for potting plants
b) complex tissue that conducts food in woody plants
c) layer of hard or compacted soil impenetrable to plant roots, water and nutrients

10. Field capacity refers to the _____________________.
a) point at which soil becomes saturated and can’t absorb any more water
b) dangerously high pollen count levels for allergy sufferers
c) plant spacing requirements

Answer Key: 1) a. acidity or alkalinity 2) c. 43,560 3) a. thin membrane beneath bark of plant 4) c. cut, scratch or loosen roots or soil 5) b. complex tissue that conducts food in woody plants 6) a. every 2 years 7) c. 7.0 8) b. Vegetables which quickly go to flower rather than producing a food crop. 9) c. layer of hard or compacted soil impenetrable to plant roots, water and nutrients 10) a. point at which soil becomes saturated and can’t absorb any more water