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Horticulture
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1. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Ornamental tree
Perennial
Interiorscaping
Interiorscaping
2. Plants with two cotyledons - flower parts usually in multiples of four or five - true secondary growth - vascular bundles arranged in a ring in the stem
Fungicide
Biennial flower
Pest
Dicot
3. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Peat moss
Signal words
Species
Annual flower
4. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Leaf
Stigma
Proficiency
5. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Fertilization
Pollination
Complete fertilizer
Peat moss
6. 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
Pesticide
Shade tree
Root
Silt
7. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Entrepreneur
Rodenticide
Deciduous
8. Large trees with spreading canopies
Tree
Style
Container grown
Shade tree
9. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Evergreen
Perlite
Heat tolerance
Balled and burlapped
10. 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
Floriculture
Species
Photosynthesis
Ground cover
11. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Root
Heat tolerance
Insecticide
Shrub
12. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Shrub
Organic matter
Apical meristem
13. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Shade tree
Floriculture
Pollination
Fertilizer
14. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Nomenclature
Apical meristem
Accident
Soil texture
15. Material used to control mites
Growth regulators
Genus
Miticide
Woody Plant
16. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Genus
CDE
Signal words
Stamen
17. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Heat tolerance
Variet
Seed
18. 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
pH
Container grown
Herbaceous plant
19. One who works for oneself
Fruit
Placement
Entrepreneur
Style
20. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Sand
Sexual
Genus
Stem
21. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Interiorscaping
Growth regulators
Soilless media
Monocot
22. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Complete fertilizer
Fungicide
Hardiness
Style
23. The naming of organisms
Nomenclature
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pistil
Hormones
24. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Nitrogen
Photosynthesis
Perlite
Stamen
25. A state of being free of danger and injury
Safety
Soil texture
Fertilizer
Variet
26. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Fungicide
Dicot
Organic matter
Vegetative
27. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Nomenclature
Sexual
Leaf
Landscaping
28. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Fertilizer
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Safety
Cellular respiration
29. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Olericulture
Complete fertilizer
Perennial
Dicot
30. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Nitrogen
Fertilization
Ornamental horticulture
Vermiculite
31. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Field grow
Heat tolerance
Seed
Chloroplast
32. The reproductive organs of a plant
Molluscicide
CDE
Flower
Shade tree
33. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Perlite
Peat moss
Soilless media
CDE
34. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Seed
Soilless media
Fertilization
Shrub
35. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Herbicide
Safety
Woody Plant
Accident
36. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variet
Photosynthesis
Woody Plant
pH
37. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Herbaceous plant
Placement
Morphology
Molluscicide
38. Material used to control nematodes
Container grown
Peat moss
Chloroplast
Nematocide
39. An index of the acidity of a substance
Landscaping
pH
Chloroplast
Soil texture
40. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Fertilization
Filament
Annual flower
41. Supervised agriculture experience
Pistil
Vermiculite
Sexual
SAE
42. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Asexual
Proficiency
Nematocide
Interiorscaping
43. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Soil texture
Fruit
Molluscicide
Pomology
44. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Rodenticide
Olericulture
Ovary
Soil texture
45. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Anther
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Taxonomy
Heat tolerance
46. The beginning of growth from a seed
Perlite
Germination
Horticulture
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
47. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Container grown
Stomata
Biennial flower
Stem
48. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Soilless media
Fungicide
Filament
Seed
49. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Nutrient
Balled and burlapped
Fungicide
Stigma
50. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Landscaping
Placement
Taxonomy
Horticulture