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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 state of being free of danger and injury
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Signal words
Safety
Fertilizer
2. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Soilless media
Insecticide
Genus
3. Working for someone else
Safety
Balled and burlapped
Soilless media
Placement
4. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Sepal
Leaf
Signal words
Tree
5. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Placement
Molluscicide
Interiorscaping
Ground cover
6. A substance used to control rodents
Genus
Rodenticide
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Landscaping
7. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
CDE
Chloroplast
Variet
Cultivar
8. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Root
Growth regulators
Floriculture
Woody Plant
9. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Rodenticide
Pesticide
Container grown
Vermiculite
10. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Fertilization
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Vegetative
Morphology
11. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Woody Plant
Perennial
Style
Pomology
12. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Nutrient
Olericulture
Fruit
Species
13. 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
Stigma
Field grow
Apical meristem
14. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Shrub
Vermiculite
Photosynthesis
15. Career Development Event
CDE
Pest
Nitrogen
Interiorscaping
16. Lethal dose
Shrub
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
LD
SAE
17. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Annual flower
Clay
Propagation
Perlite
18. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
CDE
SAE
Clay
Floriculture
19. Supervised agriculture experience
Miticide
SAE
Shrub
Filament
20. Anything unwanted
Landscaping
Pest
Petal
Clay
21. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Silt
Complete fertilizer
Cultivar
Leaf
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
Floriculture
Biennial flower
Species
Cultivar
23. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Phosphorus
Ornamental horticulture
Soil texture
Pesticide
24. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Field grow
Herbaceous plant
Ornamental horticulture
Sand
25. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Monocot
CDE
Pollination
Bare root
26. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Species
Chloroplast
Complete fertilizer
Vermiculite
27. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Germination
Pomology
Hormones
Pollination
28. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Chloroplast
Dicot
Interiorscaping
Organic matter
29. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Nomenclature
Horticulture
Stigma
Woody Plant
30. Material used to control insects
Nitrogen
Petal
Insecticide
Fruit
31. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Complete fertilizer
Deciduous
Soil texture
Genus
32. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Ovary
Transpiration
Vine
Bare root
33. 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
Photosynthesis
Pollination
Rodenticide
Silt
34. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
Cellular respiration
Interiorscaping
Silt
35. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Evergreen
Silt
Soilless media
36. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Fruit
Sand
Stamen
Monocot
37. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Hardiness
Propagation
Asexual
Variet
38. Large trees with spreading canopies
Woody Plant
Hormones
Clay
Shade tree
39. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stamen
Nomenclature
Hazard
Morphology
40. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Herbaceous plant
Stamen
Molluscicide
41. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Flower
Root
Shade tree
42. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Variet
Hormones
Perlite
LD
43. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Pesticide
Annual flower
Leaf
Olericulture
44. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Leaf
Horticulture
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ovary
45. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Hormones
Soilless media
Accident
Herbicide
46. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Cellular respiration
Accident
Hormones
Peat moss
47. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Evergreen
Silt
Growth regulators
Landscaping
48. The naming of organisms
Cellular respiration
Nomenclature
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Woody Plant
49. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Variet
Proficiency
Seed
Pistil
50. The water loss from plant tissues
Transpiration
Herbaceous plant
Bare root
Clay