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Horticulture
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Material used to control insects
Perennial
Insecticide
Vine
Bare root
2. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Horticulture
Filament
Insecticide
Stigma
3. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Morphology
Balled and burlapped
Ornamental horticulture
Horticulture
4. The lower portion of a plant that bears neither leaves nor reproductive organs and that mostly develops underground and anchors the plant; the hairs absorb water and mineral nutrients
Flower
Root
Proficiency
Rodenticide
5. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Growth regulators
Petal
Deciduous
Potassium
6. The reproductive organs of a plant
Peat moss
Flower
Balled and burlapped
Safety
7. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Clay
Risk
Nomenclature
Horticulture
8. Material used to control nematodes
Shrub
Nematocide
Taxonomy
Evergreen
9. Material used to control mites
Dicot
Bare root
Miticide
Seed
10. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Fertilization
Germination
Potassium
11. An award for an individual's SAE
Floriculture
Balled and burlapped
Stamen
Proficiency
12. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
CDE
Floriculture
Anther
Flower
13. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Pesticide
Nomenclature
Fertilizer
Stamen
14. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Fertilizer
Growth regulators
Clay
Molluscicide
15. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Variet
Leaf
Cultivar
Species
16. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Filament
CDE
Soilless media
Pollination
17. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Sand
Silt
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Annual flower
18. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Accident
Interiorscaping
Herbaceous plant
Annual flower
19. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Nitrogen
Hardiness
Miticide
Ornamental horticulture
20. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Peat moss
Deciduous
Safety
Annual flower
21. The water loss from plant tissues
Insecticide
Transpiration
Annual flower
Anther
22. Material used to kill or repel pests
Pesticide
Perlite
Ground cover
Nitrogen
23. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Style
Pesticide
Heat tolerance
Hormones
24. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Morphology
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Nematocide
Fertilization
25. Working for someone else
Woody Plant
Placement
Fruit
Heat tolerance
26. 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
Cellular respiration
Style
Balled and burlapped
Seed
27. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Petal
Root
Phosphorus
Soil texture
28. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Insecticide
Interiorscaping
Germination
Taxonomy
29. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Peat moss
Landscaping
Pistil
Shrub
30. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Nitrogen
Vegetative
Perlite
Annual flower
31. Supervised agriculture experience
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Cellular respiration
Woody Plant
SAE
32. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Container grown
Ovary
Pistil
Vermiculite
33. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Silt
Horticulture
Sexual
Fertilizer
34. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Potassium
Complete fertilizer
Apical meristem
Chloroplast
35. Large trees with spreading canopies
Fertilization
Shade tree
Ovary
Hormones
36. The primary growing point of the stem
Vegetative
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ovary
Apical meristem
37. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Genus
Species
Propagation
38. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Growth regulators
Monocot
Deciduous
Floriculture
39. A state of being free of danger and injury
Signal words
Safety
Nomenclature
Dicot
40. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Stomata
Signal words
Ornamental horticulture
Tree
41. Material used to control undesirable plants
Vermiculite
Stamen
Style
Herbicide
42. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Sexual
Seed
Potassium
Genus
43. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Nitrogen
Asexual
Vine
Perennial
44. Exposure to danger or harm
Pollination
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Hazard
Field grow
45. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variet
Pollination
Perlite
Risk
46. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Bare root
Tree
Stomata
47. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Deciduous
Perennial
Heat tolerance
Fruit
48. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Peat moss
Chloroplast
Stigma
Monocot
49. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Biennial flower
Morphology
Nematocide
Herbaceous plant
50. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Balled and burlapped
Vegetative
Root
SAE