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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Germination
Pest
Morphology
Nitrogen
2. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Flower
Apical meristem
Fruit
Anther
3. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Pomology
Filament
Taxonomy
Asexual
4. 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
Style
Dicot
Flower
Pomology
5. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Root
Field grow
Herbicide
Insecticide
6. The naming of organisms
Proficiency
Insecticide
Morphology
Nomenclature
7. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Balled and burlapped
Growth regulators
Complete fertilizer
Filament
8. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Tree
Ornamental horticulture
Cellular respiration
Propagation
9. 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
Balled and burlapped
Sand
Cultivar
10. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Filament
Ornamental horticulture
Peat moss
pH
11. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
CDE
Safety
Stigma
Annual flower
12. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Style
Soil texture
Perlite
Photosynthesis
13. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Molluscicide
Transpiration
Placement
Shrub
14. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Nitrogen
Interiorscaping
Organic matter
Vine
15. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Nematocide
Placement
Entrepreneur
16. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Shade tree
Ornamental tree
Stamen
Stem
17. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Balled and burlapped
Leaf
Pistil
18. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fertilization
Shade tree
Field grow
Fungicide
19. The reproductive organs of a plant
Vegetative
Soilless media
Flower
Olericulture
20. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Hardiness
Ground cover
Nematocide
Herbaceous plant
21. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Sepal
Container grown
SAE
22. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Clay
Stamen
Landscaping
Nutrient
23. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Vermiculite
Hormones
Container grown
Field grow
24. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Cultivar
Silt
Stomata
Potassium
25. 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
Soilless media
Root
Pomology
SAE
26. A chemical element required for plant growth
Shade tree
Morphology
Nutrient
Monocot
27. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Propagation
Growth regulators
Sexual
28. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Safety
Ornamental tree
Annual flower
Vine
29. 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
Sexual
Rodenticide
Propagation
Photosynthesis
30. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Signal words
Taxonomy
Sepal
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
31. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stomata
Transpiration
Pollination
Clay
32. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Species
Pomology
Stigma
Vine
33. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Heat tolerance
Phosphorus
Nutrient
Transpiration
34. Large trees with spreading canopies
Olericulture
Shade tree
Vermiculite
Fertilizer
35. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Deciduous
Seed
Sepal
36. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Pomology
Monocot
Genus
Soil texture
37. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
Stomata
Balled and burlapped
Herbaceous plant
38. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Soilless media
Fertilizer
SAE
Insecticide
39. The primary growing point of the stem
Shade tree
Signal words
Ornamental horticulture
Apical meristem
40. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Fertilizer
Nutrient
Bare root
Accident
41. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
pH
Pollination
Soil texture
Entrepreneur
42. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Sexual
Cellular respiration
Nitrogen
Nutrient
43. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Annual flower
Deciduous
Organic matter
Interiorscaping
44. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Complete fertilizer
Propagation
Herbaceous plant
Pomology
45. Career Development Event
Proficiency
Evergreen
CDE
Rodenticide
46. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Landscaping
Tree
Ovary
Pest
47. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Accident
Olericulture
Taxonomy
Vine
48. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Style
Annual flower
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
49. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Annual flower
Hardiness
Ovary
Shrub
50. An index of the acidity of a substance
pH
Phosphorus
Perennial
Chloroplast