SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Horticulture
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
industries
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Petal
Clay
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Stigma
2. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Hormones
Accident
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Insecticide
3. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Phosphorus
Herbicide
Filament
Fertilizer
4. The reproductive organs of a plant
Flower
Filament
Monocot
Nutrient
5. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Rodenticide
Silt
Seed
Pesticide
6. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Pesticide
Balled and burlapped
Floriculture
Shrub
7. The naming of organisms
Biennial flower
Shrub
Stamen
Nomenclature
8. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Perlite
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Propagation
Nomenclature
9. A substance used to control rodents
Molluscicide
Anther
Clay
Rodenticide
10. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Field grow
Morphology
Container grown
LD
11. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Vine
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
CDE
Herbaceous plant
12. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Monocot
Transpiration
Filament
Bare root
13. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Annual flower
Cultivar
Olericulture
Hazard
14. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Species
Complete fertilizer
Potassium
15. Material used to control mites
Morphology
Miticide
Shade tree
Hormones
16. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Stamen
Field grow
Heat tolerance
Nomenclature
17. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Fruit
Morphology
Placement
18. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Cellular respiration
Safety
Complete fertilizer
Monocot
19. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stomata
Entrepreneur
Interiorscaping
Accident
20. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Silt
Hardiness
Ground cover
Woody Plant
21. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Insecticide
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Taxonomy
Vegetative
22. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
Hormones
Genus
Safety
23. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Anther
Annual flower
Variet
Pomology
24. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Pesticide
Vine
Pollination
Germination
25. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Shrub
Chloroplast
Cultivar
Biennial flower
26. Material used to kill or repel pests
Pesticide
Potassium
Genus
Leaf
27. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
Molluscicide
Placement
Asexual
28. A soft - nonmetallic element
Phosphorus
Taxonomy
Cellular respiration
Signal words
29. Lethal dose
Hardiness
Phosphorus
Growth regulators
LD
30. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Growth regulators
Deciduous
Horticulture
Clay
31. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
CDE
pH
Phosphorus
Pollination
32. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Morphology
Herbaceous plant
Ovary
Pollination
33. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
CDE
Olericulture
Entrepreneur
Nitrogen
34. 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
Organic matter
Photosynthesis
Container grown
Nomenclature
35. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Balled and burlapped
Chloroplast
Filament
Floriculture
36. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Safety
Perennial
Stamen
Organic matter
37. Working for someone else
Placement
Propagation
Root
Leaf
38. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Sexual
Ornamental tree
Annual flower
Complete fertilizer
39. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Heat tolerance
Fruit
CDE
Anther
40. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Cultivar
Style
Root
Leaf
41. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Shrub
Biennial flower
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Clay
42. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Seed
Apical meristem
Anther
43. 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
Perennial
Risk
Sepal
Cultivar
44. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Photosynthesis
Silt
Balled and burlapped
Biennial flower
45. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Accident
Nematocide
Insecticide
Growth regulators
46. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Olericulture
Soilless media
Miticide
Vermiculite
47. The beginning of growth from a seed
Stem
Deciduous
Peat moss
Germination
48. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Stem
Rodenticide
Organic matter
49. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Leaf
Evergreen
Tree
Heat tolerance
50. Career Development Event
Morphology
Sepal
CDE
Stigma