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Horticulture
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1. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Signal words
Ovary
Potassium
Chloroplast
2. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Interiorscaping
Vermiculite
Landscaping
Filament
3. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Filament
Nutrient
Nomenclature
4. The water loss from plant tissues
Sexual
Transpiration
Fruit
Herbicide
5. 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
Shrub
Pistil
Rodenticide
6. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Asexual
Hardiness
Cellular respiration
Pest
7. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Landscaping
Genus
Shrub
8. Material used to kill or repel pests
Sepal
Herbicide
Pesticide
Cultivar
9. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Placement
Pest
Propagation
Petal
10. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Container grown
Genus
Flower
Nematocide
11. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Flower
Stamen
Signal words
Risk
12. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Morphology
Herbicide
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Potassium
13. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
Ground cover
Germination
Nitrogen
14. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Accident
Interiorscaping
Interiorscaping
Silt
15. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Annual flower
Seed
Rodenticide
Growth regulators
16. The primary growing point of the stem
Species
Accident
Evergreen
Apical meristem
17. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Bare root
Clay
Genus
18. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Sexual
Complete fertilizer
Fertilizer
19. Working for someone else
Asexual
Soilless media
Bare root
Placement
20. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Stigma
Heat tolerance
Vermiculite
Perlite
21. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Ground cover
Flower
Vegetative
Fungicide
22. A state of being free of danger and injury
Safety
Bare root
Heat tolerance
Pistil
23. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Proficiency
Root
Style
Apical meristem
24. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Complete fertilizer
Olericulture
Interiorscaping
Apical meristem
25. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Clay
Peat moss
Floriculture
Taxonomy
26. An index of the acidity of a substance
Stigma
Photosynthesis
LD
pH
27. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Pollination
Woody Plant
Transpiration
Cellular respiration
28. The beginning of growth from a seed
Fruit
Risk
Woody Plant
Germination
29. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Sepal
Landscaping
Tree
Apical meristem
30. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Growth regulators
Signal words
Cellular respiration
pH
31. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
SAE
Fruit
Miticide
32. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Peat moss
Asexual
Organic matter
Stigma
33. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Olericulture
Vermiculite
Organic matter
34. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Olericulture
Rodenticide
Heat tolerance
Silt
35. Supervised agriculture experience
Hazard
Rodenticide
Floriculture
SAE
36. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Field grow
Heat tolerance
Variet
Asexual
37. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Nematocide
Ground cover
Sexual
Tree
38. 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
Growth regulators
Pest
Vermiculite
Balled and burlapped
39. An award for an individual's SAE
Proficiency
Nematocide
Taxonomy
Nomenclature
40. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Phosphorus
Nematocide
Ground cover
Ornamental horticulture
41. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Stomata
Vine
Germination
Interiorscaping
42. A chemical element required for plant growth
Pistil
Pollination
Fertilization
Nutrient
43. 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
SAE
Cellular respiration
Vermiculite
Photosynthesis
44. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Transpiration
Petal
Ornamental tree
Hardiness
45. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Tree
Sand
Floriculture
46. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Morphology
Hardiness
Complete fertilizer
Fruit
47. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Pollination
Container grown
Petal
Shrub
48. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Field grow
pH
Stomata
Taxonomy
49. Lethal dose
Hormones
Fungicide
Balled and burlapped
LD
50. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Signal words
Cellular respiration
Germination
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