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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. Large trees with spreading canopies
Soilless media
Shade tree
Herbicide
Ground cover
2. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Stamen
Signal words
Pomology
Interiorscaping
3. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Interiorscaping
Ground cover
Perennial
Root
4. The reproductive organs of a plant
Balled and burlapped
Genus
Evergreen
Flower
5. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Pest
Ornamental horticulture
Hazard
Ornamental tree
6. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
CDE
Nomenclature
Leaf
7. Working for someone else
Placement
Silt
Container grown
Fruit
8. Material used to kill or repel pests
Pesticide
Herbicide
Placement
Fertilization
9. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Molluscicide
Stamen
Woody Plant
Leaf
10. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Variet
Miticide
Sand
Shrub
11. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilizer
Hardiness
Fertilization
Pomology
12. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Ovary
Chloroplast
Peat moss
Stigma
13. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Sand
Landscaping
Stomata
Shade tree
14. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
Pomology
Germination
Woody Plant
15. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Nematocide
Nitrogen
Anther
Annual flower
16. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Fertilization
Soil texture
Annual flower
Nutrient
17. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Rodenticide
Propagation
Morphology
Biennial flower
18. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Sepal
Perlite
CDE
19. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Apical meristem
Heat tolerance
Fungicide
Safety
20. The naming of organisms
Anther
Shrub
Nomenclature
Germination
21. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Horticulture
Risk
Taxonomy
Woody Plant
22. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Peat moss
Taxonomy
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
23. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Apical meristem
Genus
Anther
Transpiration
24. 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
Dicot
Insecticide
Ornamental horticulture
25. 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
Nematocide
Balled and burlapped
Ground cover
Ovary
26. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Organic matter
Fertilizer
Stem
27. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Vegetative
Peat moss
Root
Ground cover
28. Material used to control undesirable plants
Sepal
LD
Heat tolerance
Herbicide
29. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ornamental tree
Style
Germination
30. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Silt
Potassium
Germination
31. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Soilless media
Silt
Peat moss
Pest
32. Material used to control nematodes
CDE
pH
Morphology
Nematocide
33. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Genus
Herbicide
Tree
Vermiculite
34. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Herbicide
Growth regulators
Hardiness
Sexual
35. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Leaf
Chloroplast
Biennial flower
Container grown
36. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Stigma
Variet
Vine
37. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Risk
Variet
Complete fertilizer
Floriculture
38. A substance used to control rodents
Ground cover
Rodenticide
LD
Nomenclature
39. The beginning of growth from a seed
Shrub
Silt
Vegetative
Germination
40. 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
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Deciduous
Vermiculite
41. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Insecticide
Apical meristem
Fertilizer
Heat tolerance
42. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Tree
Field grow
Horticulture
Stem
43. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Balled and burlapped
Landscaping
Bare root
pH
44. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Anther
Hardiness
Bare root
Propagation
45. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Transpiration
Pesticide
Pollination
Shrub
46. Exposure to danger or harm
Accident
Safety
Species
Hazard
47. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Taxonomy
Soilless media
Annual flower
Signal words
48. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Molluscicide
Ornamental horticulture
Morphology
Nutrient
49. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Horticulture
Silt
Stem
Risk
50. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Stomata
Fertilizer
Stamen
Pomology