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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. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Placement
Growth regulators
Safety
Nitrogen
2. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
SAE
Stigma
Nitrogen
Potassium
3. Career Development Event
Entrepreneur
Deciduous
CDE
Stomata
4. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Complete fertilizer
Vine
Seed
Deciduous
5. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Shrub
Safety
Olericulture
6. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Nematocide
Silt
Landscaping
Field grow
7. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Proficiency
Nematocide
Hormones
8. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Entrepreneur
Photosynthesis
Style
Anther
9. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Stomata
Root
Anther
Stem
10. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Ornamental horticulture
Asexual
Perennial
Biennial flower
11. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Miticide
Nomenclature
Complete fertilizer
Pest
12. Supervised agriculture experience
Stigma
SAE
Hazard
Peat moss
13. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Soilless media
Potassium
Ground cover
14. A chemical element required for plant growth
Taxonomy
Fungicide
Propagation
Nutrient
15. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Sepal
Clay
Sexual
Interiorscaping
16. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Ornamental horticulture
Leaf
Cellular respiration
17. Lethal dose
Nematocide
Sepal
Variet
LD
18. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Fertilizer
Field grow
Cellular respiration
Species
19. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Soilless media
Herbicide
CDE
Vegetative
20. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Perennial
Horticulture
Fertilization
Species
21. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Ornamental tree
pH
Ovary
22. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Silt
Morphology
Annual flower
Sepal
23. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
CDE
Pomology
Fertilization
Leaf
24. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Seed
Cellular respiration
Stigma
Fertilization
25. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Miticide
Taxonomy
Cellular respiration
Filament
26. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Landscaping
Biennial flower
Shrub
Stem
27. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Ovary
Cellular respiration
Sand
Flower
28. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Tree
Sexual
Flower
Sand
29. The beginning of growth from a seed
Germination
Cellular respiration
Root
Shade tree
30. An award for an individual's SAE
Potassium
Tree
Accident
Proficiency
31. Working for someone else
Pest
Placement
Hazard
Container grown
32. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
CDE
Molluscicide
Pomology
Perlite
33. Anything unwanted
Monocot
Rodenticide
Pest
Petal
34. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Evergreen
Sand
Taxonomy
Nutrient
35. One who works for oneself
Entrepreneur
Biennial flower
Photosynthesis
Germination
36. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
Growth regulators
Nitrogen
Tree
37. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Risk
Field grow
Pomology
Herbaceous plant
38. The reproductive organs of a plant
Flower
Anther
Bare root
Miticide
39. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Shade tree
Risk
Morphology
Chloroplast
40. Material used to control nematodes
Species
Nematocide
Sexual
Stomata
41. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Fruit
Taxonomy
Horticulture
Woody Plant
42. Large trees with spreading canopies
Proficiency
Horticulture
Stem
Shade tree
43. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Petal
Bare root
Horticulture
Miticide
44. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
Silt
Nutrient
Herbaceous plant
45. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Signal words
Shrub
Morphology
Transpiration
46. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Fertilization
Rodenticide
Stomata
Filament
47. A soft - nonmetallic element
Phosphorus
Herbicide
Evergreen
Petal
48. 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
Risk
Cellular respiration
Stomata
Balled and burlapped
49. Material used to kill or repel pests
Asexual
Hormones
Pesticide
Anther
50. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Organic matter
Asexual
Sexual
Nitrogen