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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Ornamental horticulture
Pollination
Hazard
Nutrient
2. Material used to control insects
Stamen
Insecticide
Pollination
Rodenticide
3. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Field grow
Potassium
Species
Accident
4. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Olericulture
Proficiency
Asexual
5. A group of organisms with distinguishing characteristics from other plants in a species - but does not transfer those characteristics to the offspring through sexual reproduction
Cultivar
Accident
Taxonomy
Annual flower
6. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Species
Accident
Pistil
Soilless media
7. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Woody Plant
Placement
Variet
Nutrient
8. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Olericulture
Clay
Perlite
Vermiculite
9. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Peat moss
Complete fertilizer
Stigma
Biennial flower
10. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Ornamental tree
Seed
Bare root
11. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
pH
Hardiness
Perennial
Vine
12. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Olericulture
Risk
pH
Fertilizer
13. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Vine
Sexual
Dicot
Ornamental horticulture
14. One who works for oneself
Soilless media
Entrepreneur
Complete fertilizer
Nematocide
15. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Miticide
Nomenclature
Stem
Style
16. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
LD
Horticulture
Hormones
Vine
17. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Root
Nutrient
Asexual
18. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Germination
Shade tree
Olericulture
Nematocide
19. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Organic matter
Risk
Balled and burlapped
Bare root
20. Working for someone else
Peat moss
Placement
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Apical meristem
21. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Ovary
Molluscicide
Vermiculite
Stem
22. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Safety
Landscaping
Ornamental tree
23. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Hardiness
Risk
Vine
Miticide
24. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Field grow
Style
Landscaping
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
25. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Pistil
Miticide
Anther
26. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Vine
Genus
Fruit
27. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Heat tolerance
Perennial
Taxonomy
pH
28. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Balled and burlapped
Stigma
Asexual
pH
29. The reproductive organs of a plant
Shade tree
Risk
Species
Flower
30. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Annual flower
Biennial flower
Insecticide
Fertilization
31. Material used to control nematodes
Vine
Style
pH
Nematocide
32. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Vermiculite
Fungicide
Morphology
Miticide
33. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Accident
Style
Herbaceous plant
Fertilizer
34. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Asexual
Phosphorus
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Peat moss
35. An index of the acidity of a substance
Pollination
Transpiration
Insecticide
pH
36. Supervised agriculture experience
Shade tree
Species
Flower
SAE
37. A soft - nonmetallic element
Phosphorus
Morphology
Nitrogen
Flower
38. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Molluscicide
Woody Plant
Fertilization
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
39. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Complete fertilizer
Molluscicide
Variet
Tree
40. Career Development Event
LD
CDE
Entrepreneur
Silt
41. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Bare root
Monocot
Stomata
Pistil
42. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Chloroplast
Vegetative
Taxonomy
Propagation
43. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Fertilizer
Clay
Species
44. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Cellular respiration
Ornamental horticulture
Stigma
Evergreen
45. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Hardiness
Fertilization
Signal words
Seed
46. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Stamen
Herbaceous plant
Floriculture
47. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Fruit
Risk
Taxonomy
Chloroplast
48. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Nutrient
Perlite
LD
Floriculture
49. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Miticide
Herbaceous plant
Soilless media
Container grown
50. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Apical meristem
Interiorscaping
Accident
Dicot