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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Ornamental horticulture
Seed
Complete fertilizer
Interiorscaping
2. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Heat tolerance
Molluscicide
Biennial flower
3. The reproductive organs of a plant
Leaf
Nematocide
Herbicide
Flower
4. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Heat tolerance
Flower
Woody Plant
Fertilization
5. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Filament
Accident
SAE
Landscaping
6. 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
Field grow
Signal words
Dicot
Hazard
7. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Growth regulators
Placement
Safety
Pomology
8. Material used to control undesirable plants
Variet
Herbicide
Risk
Stomata
9. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Entrepreneur
Stigma
Genus
Fungicide
10. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Ornamental horticulture
Perlite
Pesticide
Filament
11. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fungicide
Ornamental horticulture
Shade tree
Nutrient
12. Material used to control nematodes
Interiorscaping
Nitrogen
Nematocide
Safety
13. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Pistil
Nematocide
Interiorscaping
14. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Hormones
Dicot
Petal
Stamen
15. Material used to control mites
Vegetative
Miticide
Bare root
Shade tree
16. A substance used to control rodents
Variet
Rodenticide
Germination
Herbicide
17. 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
Interiorscaping
Balled and burlapped
Stigma
Cultivar
18. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Style
Safety
Accident
Fertilization
19. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Filament
Annual flower
Ornamental tree
Vegetative
20. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Woody Plant
Biennial flower
Soil texture
Hormones
21. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Nomenclature
Pistil
Asexual
22. 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
Soilless media
Cultivar
Chloroplast
Fertilizer
23. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Growth regulators
Germination
Hormones
Ornamental horticulture
24. One who works for oneself
Floriculture
Entrepreneur
Root
Ground cover
25. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Deciduous
Germination
Variet
Ovary
26. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
SAE
Floriculture
Container grown
27. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Silt
Olericulture
Interiorscaping
pH
28. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Balled and burlapped
Asexual
Perlite
Horticulture
29. Lethal dose
LD
Morphology
Ornamental horticulture
Fertilization
30. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stamen
Nutrient
Woody Plant
pH
31. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Soil texture
Pomology
Olericulture
32. 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
Root
Proficiency
Deciduous
Perlite
33. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Hazard
Cellular respiration
Clay
Tree
34. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stomata
Stamen
Silt
Container grown
35. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Rodenticide
Perlite
Flower
Style
36. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Rodenticide
Potassium
Stigma
Ornamental horticulture
37. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Field grow
SAE
Bare root
Insecticide
38. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Growth regulators
Sexual
Fungicide
Apical meristem
39. Large trees with spreading canopies
Safety
Shade tree
Horticulture
Olericulture
40. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Herbaceous plant
Herbicide
Sepal
Nutrient
41. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Phosphorus
Cellular respiration
Taxonomy
Pest
42. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Entrepreneur
Fungicide
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Dicot
43. Anything unwanted
Landscaping
Soilless media
Heat tolerance
Pest
44. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Fertilizer
Nitrogen
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Molluscicide
45. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Heat tolerance
Flower
Hormones
Stem
46. The female reproductive parts of a flower
LD
Insecticide
Interiorscaping
Pistil
47. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Interiorscaping
Pesticide
Clay
Soilless media
48. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Cultivar
Sexual
Seed
Pistil
49. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Heat tolerance
Phosphorus
Species
50. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Nomenclature
Growth regulators
Sand
Signal words