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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The naming of organisms
Pesticide
Taxonomy
Nomenclature
Vine
2. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Nematocide
Silt
Perennial
Molluscicide
3. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Apical meristem
Seed
Potassium
Tree
4. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Risk
Rodenticide
Vegetative
5. Exposure to danger or harm
Leaf
CDE
Hazard
Ground cover
6. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Pistil
Fungicide
Nutrient
7. Material used to kill or repel pests
Herbaceous plant
Pesticide
Heat tolerance
Leaf
8. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Peat moss
Taxonomy
Vegetative
9. The water loss from plant tissues
Annual flower
Stomata
Transpiration
Deciduous
10. Anything unwanted
Interiorscaping
Monocot
Pest
Fertilization
11. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Shade tree
SAE
Fruit
Stomata
12. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Genus
Petal
Ornamental tree
Stigma
13. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
SAE
Heat tolerance
Cultivar
Nitrogen
14. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Hardiness
Chloroplast
SAE
Ground cover
15. The primary growing point of the stem
Hazard
Biennial flower
Apical meristem
Seed
16. A state of being free of danger and injury
Balled and burlapped
Vermiculite
Safety
Perlite
17. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Pistil
Organic matter
Style
Asexual
18. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Apical meristem
Field grow
Germination
Pesticide
19. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Cultivar
Soil texture
Growth regulators
Olericulture
20. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Transpiration
Peat moss
Species
Annual flower
21. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Herbicide
Peat moss
Sepal
Sand
22. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Interiorscaping
Filament
Ground cover
Soil texture
23. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
LD
Shade tree
Biennial flower
Vegetative
24. 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
Herbaceous plant
Heat tolerance
Balled and burlapped
SAE
25. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
SAE
Nutrient
Woody Plant
Cellular respiration
26. The reproductive organs of a plant
Flower
CDE
Leaf
Signal words
27. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Soilless media
Bare root
Propagation
Photosynthesis
28. Material used to control undesirable plants
Genus
Nomenclature
LD
Herbicide
29. A chemical element required for plant growth
pH
Nutrient
Bare root
Clay
30. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Monocot
Pest
Nutrient
31. Supervised agriculture experience
Potassium
SAE
Vegetative
Filament
32. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
pH
Risk
Ornamental tree
33. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Germination
Hardiness
Perlite
Phosphorus
34. Material used to control mites
Ovary
Container grown
Miticide
Ornamental horticulture
35. 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
Annual flower
Monocot
Complete fertilizer
Dicot
36. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Sand
Perennial
Ovary
37. An index of the acidity of a substance
Hazard
Pistil
Anther
pH
38. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Growth regulators
Field grow
Stomata
Evergreen
39. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Perennial
Horticulture
Risk
Sepal
40. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Genus
Balled and burlapped
Propagation
Rodenticide
41. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Floriculture
Interiorscaping
Stamen
Vine
42. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Variet
Soil texture
Herbicide
Fertilization
43. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Sexual
Molluscicide
Nutrient
Proficiency
44. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Perlite
Deciduous
Risk
Hormones
45. Material used to control nematodes
Flower
Soilless media
Nematocide
Fertilization
46. Career Development Event
Germination
CDE
Stomata
Chloroplast
47. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Hazard
Hardiness
Annual flower
Nutrient
48. The beginning of growth from a seed
Nematocide
Germination
Floriculture
Peat moss
49. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Insecticide
Pesticide
Silt
Style
50. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Bare root
Variet
Proficiency
Entrepreneur