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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Style
Shade tree
Placement
Petal
2. An index of the acidity of a substance
Safety
pH
Leaf
Pest
3. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Root
Hormones
Transpiration
Filament
4. 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
Cultivar
CDE
Growth regulators
Nitrogen
5. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Chloroplast
Bare root
Taxonomy
Molluscicide
6. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Herbaceous plant
Petal
Evergreen
Peat moss
7. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Ground cover
Species
Complete fertilizer
8. 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
Miticide
Photosynthesis
Insecticide
Hormones
9. Material used to control nematodes
Pollination
Taxonomy
Nematocide
Biennial flower
10. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Taxonomy
Molluscicide
Species
Chloroplast
11. Material used to kill or repel pests
Annual flower
Complete fertilizer
Herbicide
Pesticide
12. Working for someone else
Nomenclature
CDE
Placement
Species
13. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Shrub
Soil texture
Fertilization
Proficiency
14. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Ornamental horticulture
Sepal
Deciduous
Herbaceous plant
15. A state of being free of danger and injury
Genus
Variet
Safety
Potassium
16. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Rodenticide
Clay
Vine
17. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Container grown
Growth regulators
Asexual
Style
18. 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
Miticide
Ornamental horticulture
Dicot
Cultivar
19. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Pesticide
Pomology
Clay
Ornamental horticulture
20. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Organic matter
Pomology
Root
Balled and burlapped
21. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Placement
Stigma
Potassium
Sand
22. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Fungicide
Olericulture
Filament
Heat tolerance
23. Lethal dose
Monocot
Fruit
Stomata
LD
24. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Shade tree
Field grow
Annual flower
Sexual
25. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Germination
Pistil
Fruit
Phosphorus
26. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Fruit
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Rodenticide
Pesticide
27. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Proficiency
Molluscicide
Evergreen
Herbicide
28. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Miticide
Fertilizer
Deciduous
Pesticide
29. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Variet
Transpiration
Stamen
Photosynthesis
30. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Horticulture
Floriculture
Nomenclature
Perlite
31. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Propagation
Root
Sand
CDE
32. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Woody Plant
Safety
Stem
Annual flower
33. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Clay
Flower
Seed
Hardiness
34. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Asexual
Germination
Perennial
Propagation
35. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Anther
Hardiness
Organic matter
Monocot
36. The naming of organisms
Fertilization
Cellular respiration
Nomenclature
Pesticide
37. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Soilless media
Evergreen
Signal words
Shrub
38. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Nutrient
Potassium
Safety
Fungicide
39. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
SAE
Proficiency
Germination
Fruit
40. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Tree
Perlite
Apical meristem
Flower
41. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Petal
Sexual
Accident
Soilless media
42. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Safety
Stomata
Transpiration
Balled and burlapped
43. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Petal
Herbaceous plant
Sepal
Cultivar
44. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Herbaceous plant
Growth regulators
Ovary
45. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Sexual
Biennial flower
Perennial
Style
46. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Floriculture
Tree
Vermiculite
Pesticide
47. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Phosphorus
Olericulture
Stomata
Filament
48. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Soil texture
Soilless media
Vegetative
pH
49. 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
Stomata
Genus
Pest
50. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Stigma
Floriculture
Fungicide
Ground cover