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Horticulture
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1. 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
Accident
Stomata
Silt
Cultivar
2. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Hardiness
Species
Interiorscaping
Clay
3. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Shrub
Rodenticide
Clay
4. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Herbaceous plant
Genus
Leaf
Miticide
5. A state of being free of danger and injury
Transpiration
Olericulture
Nitrogen
Safety
6. Material used to kill or repel pests
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Pesticide
Shade tree
Nitrogen
7. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Peat moss
Shrub
Organic matter
Germination
8. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Anther
Perlite
Ornamental tree
Growth regulators
9. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Leaf
Olericulture
Deciduous
Ground cover
10. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Molluscicide
Floriculture
Stem
Ornamental horticulture
11. Material used to control mites
Miticide
Anther
SAE
Herbaceous plant
12. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Hardiness
Seed
Cellular respiration
Silt
13. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Pollination
Landscaping
Leaf
Germination
14. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Taxonomy
Herbaceous plant
Complete fertilizer
15. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Signal words
Germination
Variet
Style
16. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Fertilization
Ornamental tree
Pistil
Signal words
17. The naming of organisms
Horticulture
Pomology
Nitrogen
Nomenclature
18. Supervised agriculture experience
SAE
Hardiness
Organic matter
Pollination
19. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Ovary
Stamen
Vermiculite
Container grown
20. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Ornamental horticulture
pH
Variet
Pollination
21. The beginning of growth from a seed
Herbaceous plant
Landscaping
Genus
Germination
22. Working for someone else
Stamen
Nutrient
Placement
Species
23. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Sand
Morphology
Accident
Bare root
24. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Interiorscaping
Molluscicide
Nitrogen
Field grow
25. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Stem
Filament
Species
Floriculture
26. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Miticide
Genus
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pistil
27. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Bare root
Potassium
LD
Ornamental horticulture
28. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Fertilization
Apical meristem
Hardiness
29. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Soilless media
Variet
Propagation
Vegetative
30. The water loss from plant tissues
Transpiration
Soilless media
Deciduous
Floriculture
31. Material used to control nematodes
Seed
Stigma
Nematocide
Heat tolerance
32. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Transpiration
Pistil
Horticulture
Stomata
33. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Potassium
Molluscicide
SAE
Germination
34. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Biennial flower
Potassium
Monocot
Sepal
35. Material used to control insects
Pistil
Hormones
Insecticide
Sexual
36. The reproductive organs of a plant
Photosynthesis
Field grow
Flower
Horticulture
37. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Ovary
Petal
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Flower
38. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Sepal
Olericulture
Cellular respiration
39. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Pollination
Annual flower
Transpiration
40. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
CDE
Sepal
Leaf
41. 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
Balled and burlapped
Nitrogen
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Vine
42. The primary growing point of the stem
Asexual
Petal
Leaf
Apical meristem
43. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
pH
Flower
Annual flower
Soilless media
44. Lethal dose
LD
Variet
Nematocide
Silt
45. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Propagation
Landscaping
Stigma
LD
46. A chemical element required for plant growth
Asexual
Nutrient
Miticide
Entrepreneur
47. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Chloroplast
Taxonomy
Root
Ovary
48. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Organic matter
Rodenticide
Woody Plant
Container grown
49. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Chloroplast
Flower
Asexual
Horticulture
50. 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
Heat tolerance
Vegetative
Phosphorus
Dicot