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Horticulture

Subject : industries
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets






2. Working for someone else






3. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground






4. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape






5. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)






6. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal






7. The water loss from plant tissues






8. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs






9. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)






10. A state of being free of danger and injury






11. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter






12. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis






13. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building






14. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen






15. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms






16. Lethal dose






17. Material used to control mites






18. The male reproductive parts of a flower






19. An award for an individual's SAE






20. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants






21. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits






22. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall






23. An index of the acidity of a substance






24. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg






25. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures






26. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support






27. Exposure to danger or harm






28. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce






29. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity






30. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year






31. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther






32. A plant that lives for more than two seasons






33. Supervised agriculture experience






34. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape






35. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay






36. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)






37. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)






38. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year






39. 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






40. Career Development Event






41. 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






42. Anything unwanted






43. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth






44. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element






45. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs






46. Material used to control insects






47. 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






48. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species






49. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity






50. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor