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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Nitrogen
Pest
Evergreen
Ovary
2. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Ornamental horticulture
Clay
Pest
Sand
3. Large trees with spreading canopies
Pomology
Perennial
Deciduous
Shade tree
4. Exposure to danger or harm
LD
Soilless media
Signal words
Hazard
5. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Herbaceous plant
Bare root
Floriculture
Biennial flower
6. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Tree
Flower
Fruit
Taxonomy
7. The water loss from plant tissues
Pomology
Transpiration
Signal words
Stigma
8. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Olericulture
Complete fertilizer
Apical meristem
9. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Style
Herbicide
Sexual
Tree
10. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Potassium
Cultivar
Taxonomy
Asexual
11. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Nutrient
Sepal
Hardiness
Transpiration
12. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
LD
Soil texture
Clay
Accident
13. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Risk
Chloroplast
Horticulture
Filament
14. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Pistil
Bare root
Ornamental tree
Hazard
15. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Leaf
Phosphorus
Seed
Evergreen
16. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Rodenticide
Fertilizer
LD
17. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
pH
Growth regulators
Woody Plant
Chloroplast
18. A soft - nonmetallic element
Cellular respiration
Propagation
Phosphorus
Fertilizer
19. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
LD
Heat tolerance
Pistil
20. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Fertilization
Floriculture
Pistil
Biennial flower
21. Working for someone else
Proficiency
Placement
Insecticide
Herbaceous plant
22. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Perennial
Pollination
Placement
Field grow
23. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Cellular respiration
Stigma
Complete fertilizer
24. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Perlite
Interiorscaping
Variet
Placement
25. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Horticulture
Flower
Heat tolerance
Stamen
26. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Pistil
Floriculture
Morphology
Hormones
27. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Petal
Stomata
Field grow
28. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Sepal
Vermiculite
Hardiness
Evergreen
29. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Monocot
CDE
Accident
Morphology
30. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Accident
Organic matter
Landscaping
Stomata
31. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Stigma
Anther
Nitrogen
Complete fertilizer
32. The manufacture of food by green plants in which carbon dioxide and water are combined in the presence of light and chlorophyll to form sugar and oxygen
Growth regulators
Photosynthesis
Pistil
Monocot
33. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug keeping a ball of soil around the root system and covering it with burlap to hold the soil and roots together
Balled and burlapped
Dicot
Transpiration
Safety
34. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Perlite
Nutrient
Nomenclature
Species
35. Lethal dose
LD
Genus
Root
Deciduous
36. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Complete fertilizer
Morphology
Vermiculite
Fertilizer
37. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Pest
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Annual flower
Germination
38. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
SAE
Signal words
Nomenclature
Stomata
39. The reproductive organs of a plant
Deciduous
Floriculture
Ornamental horticulture
Flower
40. The beginning of growth from a seed
Complete fertilizer
Vegetative
Stigma
Germination
41. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Taxonomy
Germination
Vegetative
42. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Tree
Fertilization
Morphology
Nutrient
43. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Pest
Growth regulators
Hormones
Deciduous
44. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Shrub
Phosphorus
Pesticide
Proficiency
45. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
LD
Floriculture
Biennial flower
Annual flower
46. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Vine
Hazard
Field grow
Soil texture
47. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Placement
Landscaping
Pistil
Proficiency
48. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Root
Olericulture
Heat tolerance
Ground cover
49. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Pomology
Container grown
Dicot
Tree
50. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Accident
Pest
Chloroplast