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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Perennial
Deciduous
Landscaping
Propagation
2. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Soil texture
Complete fertilizer
Asexual
Style
3. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Ornamental horticulture
Pesticide
Seed
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
4. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Transpiration
Species
Floriculture
Perennial
5. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Morphology
Genus
Hardiness
Soil texture
6. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Accident
Stigma
Germination
Filament
7. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Nutrient
Monocot
Cellular respiration
Interiorscaping
8. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Species
Sand
Ovary
Horticulture
9. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Field grow
Seed
Perennial
Clay
10. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Style
Root
Hardiness
Silt
11. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stamen
Pomology
Hazard
Soil texture
12. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Miticide
Molluscicide
Leaf
Stigma
13. Material used to kill or repel pests
Clay
Pollination
Propagation
Pesticide
14. A chemical element required for plant growth
Accident
Nutrient
Dicot
Olericulture
15. A substance used to control rodents
Deciduous
Soil texture
Risk
Rodenticide
16. The naming of organisms
Interiorscaping
Nomenclature
pH
Peat moss
17. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Ovary
Germination
Transpiration
18. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Pomology
Variet
Flower
Ornamental horticulture
19. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Ornamental horticulture
Perennial
Flower
20. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Heat tolerance
LD
Morphology
21. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Evergreen
Hormones
Fertilization
Pomology
22. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Tree
Transpiration
Propagation
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
23. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Pollination
Vegetative
Potassium
Container grown
24. Career Development Event
Ornamental horticulture
CDE
Chloroplast
Sand
25. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Sand
Flower
Nutrient
Chloroplast
26. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Nutrient
Peat moss
Asexual
Morphology
27. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Stem
Nitrogen
Genus
Pomology
28. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Species
Field grow
Perlite
Chloroplast
29. 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
Placement
Cultivar
Nematocide
Complete fertilizer
30. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Cultivar
Leaf
Fertilizer
Silt
31. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Potassium
Propagation
Hormones
Landscaping
32. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Evergreen
Ornamental horticulture
Floriculture
Fertilizer
33. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Miticide
Sexual
Risk
Perennial
34. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Chloroplast
Evergreen
Interiorscaping
Placement
35. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Balled and burlapped
Shade tree
Biennial flower
Miticide
36. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Floriculture
Field grow
Filament
37. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Germination
Heat tolerance
Nomenclature
Vine
38. The primary growing point of the stem
Nutrient
Apical meristem
Shrub
Placement
39. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Silt
Biennial flower
Germination
Sexual
40. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Olericulture
Sexual
Ovary
Genus
41. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Placement
Molluscicide
Accident
Bare root
42. Working for someone else
Monocot
pH
Placement
Morphology
43. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Proficiency
Petal
Perennial
Insecticide
44. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Signal words
Organic matter
Taxonomy
Container grown
45. Lethal dose
Heat tolerance
LD
Rodenticide
Fertilizer
46. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Entrepreneur
Fertilization
Bare root
47. An index of the acidity of a substance
Interiorscaping
Pest
Chloroplast
pH
48. Anything unwanted
Pest
Ground cover
Growth regulators
Molluscicide
49. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Dicot
Container grown
Risk
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
50. One who works for oneself
Species
Entrepreneur
Shrub
Interiorscaping