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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. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Pomology
Fertilization
Herbicide
Phosphorus
2. Material used to kill or repel pests
Shrub
Pesticide
Ovary
Signal words
3. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Stigma
pH
Ornamental tree
Molluscicide
4. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Stomata
Pistil
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Taxonomy
5. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Herbicide
Field grow
Cultivar
Complete fertilizer
6. 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
Variet
Germination
Balled and burlapped
Apical meristem
7. 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
Woody Plant
Filament
Cultivar
Herbicide
8. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Fruit
Soil texture
Nitrogen
Stomata
9. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Heat tolerance
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Entrepreneur
Clay
10. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Leaf
Cellular respiration
Pomology
Seed
11. A soft - nonmetallic element
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Species
Shade tree
12. An award for an individual's SAE
Germination
Horticulture
Soil texture
Proficiency
13. Lethal dose
Balled and burlapped
Stem
LD
Cultivar
14. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Ornamental horticulture
Leaf
Anther
Stigma
15. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Shrub
Hormones
Root
Photosynthesis
16. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Propagation
Complete fertilizer
Hazard
Leaf
17. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Style
Growth regulators
LD
Balled and burlapped
18. Large trees with spreading canopies
Cultivar
Perennial
Shade tree
Container grown
19. Working for someone else
Vine
CDE
Placement
Sand
20. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Asexual
Filament
Taxonomy
Hazard
21. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Biennial flower
Vermiculite
Interiorscaping
22. Material used to control undesirable plants
Stomata
Stamen
Herbicide
Species
23. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Organic matter
Pistil
Evergreen
24. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Interiorscaping
Rodenticide
Leaf
Growth regulators
25. The primary growing point of the stem
Taxonomy
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Apical meristem
Species
26. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Fertilizer
Landscaping
Pollination
Olericulture
27. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Sepal
Tree
Ornamental horticulture
Annual flower
28. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Filament
Perennial
Sexual
Annual flower
29. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Perlite
Pesticide
Heat tolerance
Leaf
30. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Perennial
Fruit
Style
Nutrient
31. The naming of organisms
Hormones
Nomenclature
Vine
Biennial flower
32. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Transpiration
Biennial flower
Monocot
Ornamental horticulture
33. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Pollination
Shrub
Ovary
Nitrogen
34. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Pollination
Entrepreneur
Vegetative
Ovary
35. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Proficiency
Organic matter
Field grow
Sand
36. Supervised agriculture experience
Evergreen
Hazard
Shrub
SAE
37. 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
Shrub
Photosynthesis
Fertilization
Dicot
38. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Complete fertilizer
Rodenticide
Pomology
39. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Interiorscaping
Nomenclature
CDE
40. An index of the acidity of a substance
Pistil
Vegetative
Herbicide
pH
41. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Nematocide
Bare root
Asexual
Olericulture
42. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Fungicide
Ovary
Monocot
Chloroplast
43. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Propagation
Transpiration
Signal words
Tree
44. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Propagation
Nitrogen
Evergreen
Biennial flower
45. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Monocot
Signal words
Propagation
SAE
46. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Signal words
Ground cover
Cultivar
Anther
47. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Olericulture
Apical meristem
Soil texture
48. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Vegetative
Genus
Filament
Organic matter
49. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Organic matter
Pesticide
Sexual
Sepal
50. Material used to control insects
Field grow
Molluscicide
Morphology
Insecticide