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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Floriculture
Evergreen
Deciduous
Hormones
2. Material used to control insects
Vermiculite
Silt
Vine
Insecticide
3. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Anther
pH
Fungicide
4. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Entrepreneur
Horticulture
Floriculture
Taxonomy
5. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Pollination
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Ovary
Clay
6. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Insecticide
Ground cover
Variet
Pistil
7. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Transpiration
Ornamental horticulture
Miticide
Sand
8. An award for an individual's SAE
Horticulture
Proficiency
Fertilizer
Flower
9. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Chloroplast
Interiorscaping
Risk
Perennial
10. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Floriculture
Molluscicide
Germination
Fruit
11. An index of the acidity of a substance
Nitrogen
Anther
Pomology
pH
12. Working for someone else
SAE
Stigma
Germination
Placement
13. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Hazard
Perlite
Floriculture
Species
14. 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
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Root
SAE
Herbicide
15. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Ovary
Cultivar
Peat moss
Nematocide
16. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Sexual
Style
Landscaping
Monocot
17. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Growth regulators
Interiorscaping
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Sexual
18. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Container grown
Soilless media
Soil texture
19. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Hormones
Ovary
Ground cover
Signal words
20. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Perennial
Ornamental tree
Fertilizer
Dicot
21. 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
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pomology
Shade tree
22. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
Perlite
Proficiency
Placement
23. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Fungicide
Petal
Sexual
Ovary
24. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Species
Ornamental horticulture
Cellular respiration
Floriculture
25. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Flower
Balled and burlapped
Evergreen
Chloroplast
26. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Landscaping
SAE
Pollination
Container grown
27. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Transpiration
Hardiness
Field grow
Filament
28. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Soilless media
Interiorscaping
Entrepreneur
Shrub
29. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Pomology
Perennial
Risk
Accident
30. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Root
Pest
Nomenclature
Stigma
31. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Evergreen
Horticulture
Shrub
Nematocide
32. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Anther
Germination
Field grow
33. Career Development Event
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Herbaceous plant
Molluscicide
CDE
34. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Annual flower
Accident
Perlite
Stamen
35. Material used to control mites
Morphology
Interiorscaping
Herbicide
Miticide
36. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Biennial flower
Stem
Rodenticide
Clay
37. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Fungicide
Stomata
Variet
Fertilization
38. 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
Monocot
Shrub
Balled and burlapped
Vermiculite
39. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Nomenclature
Ornamental tree
Herbaceous plant
Annual flower
40. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nitrogen
Field grow
Stigma
Nutrient
41. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Phosphorus
Dicot
Chloroplast
Molluscicide
42. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Potassium
Peat moss
Nutrient
Woody Plant
43. Lethal dose
Apical meristem
LD
Sand
Root
44. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Floriculture
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Ground cover
Flower
45. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Floriculture
Accident
Dicot
Signal words
46. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Petal
Anther
Annual flower
Soil texture
47. The beginning of growth from a seed
Deciduous
Woody Plant
Germination
Nomenclature
48. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Deciduous
Cultivar
Variet
Organic matter
49. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Complete fertilizer
Vermiculite
pH
Potassium
50. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Nitrogen
Monocot
Interiorscaping
Chloroplast