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Horticulture
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Fertilization
Complete fertilizer
Vermiculite
Root
2. An index of the acidity of a substance
pH
Bare root
Ornamental horticulture
Herbicide
3. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Sexual
Pomology
Silt
Olericulture
4. Material used to control mites
Pesticide
Miticide
Placement
Flower
5. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Herbaceous plant
Phosphorus
Chloroplast
Species
6. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Proficiency
Shade tree
Perennial
7. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Shrub
Germination
Risk
Hormones
8. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
Nematocide
Style
Shade tree
9. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Organic matter
Evergreen
Annual flower
Nitrogen
10. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Molluscicide
Tree
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Nitrogen
11. A state of being free of danger and injury
Pesticide
Container grown
Safety
Seed
12. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Stem
Shrub
Ornamental tree
13. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Sepal
Anther
Deciduous
Pomology
14. 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
Fungicide
Balled and burlapped
Potassium
Proficiency
15. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Horticulture
Complete fertilizer
Pesticide
Morphology
16. Anything unwanted
Sexual
Pest
Sand
Molluscicide
17. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fungicide
Field grow
Miticide
Silt
18. An award for an individual's SAE
Perennial
Proficiency
Stigma
Interiorscaping
19. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Miticide
Leaf
Complete fertilizer
Entrepreneur
20. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Rodenticide
Seed
Ornamental horticulture
Biennial flower
21. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Stigma
Asexual
Apical meristem
Deciduous
22. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Stem
Leaf
Dicot
23. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Deciduous
Container grown
Heat tolerance
Leaf
24. A substance used to control rodents
Dicot
Rodenticide
Pesticide
SAE
25. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Growth regulators
Ovary
Vermiculite
Sand
26. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Sand
Cultivar
Stigma
27. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Olericulture
Proficiency
Dicot
28. Career Development Event
Container grown
Fertilization
Soil texture
CDE
29. The reproductive organs of a plant
Stamen
Hormones
Landscaping
Flower
30. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Propagation
Phosphorus
Insecticide
Complete fertilizer
31. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Apical meristem
Accident
Asexual
Pollination
32. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Sand
Bare root
Species
Vine
33. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Leaf
Placement
Style
SAE
34. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Seed
Anther
Stomata
Rodenticide
35. A chemical element required for plant growth
Vine
Proficiency
Transpiration
Nutrient
36. 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
Dicot
Evergreen
LD
Insecticide
37. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variet
Phosphorus
Growth regulators
Pesticide
38. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Nitrogen
Shrub
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Root
39. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Potassium
Anther
Stamen
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
40. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Growth regulators
Silt
Pomology
Nitrogen
41. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Sexual
Interiorscaping
Fertilization
Soilless media
42. Large trees with spreading canopies
Nomenclature
Growth regulators
Shade tree
Proficiency
43. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Ornamental tree
Monocot
Shrub
Proficiency
44. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Perlite
Ornamental horticulture
Balled and burlapped
Molluscicide
45. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Proficiency
Shade tree
Vegetative
Perlite
46. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Asexual
Horticulture
Tree
Nematocide
47. A soft - nonmetallic element
LD
Morphology
Phosphorus
Nutrient
48. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Hormones
Propagation
Nutrient
Nitrogen
49. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Horticulture
Perennial
Interiorscaping
Stem
50. The naming of organisms
Insecticide
Tree
Nomenclature
Photosynthesis