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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. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Ground cover
Horticulture
Organic matter
Rodenticide
2. Material used to kill or repel pests
Chloroplast
Root
Hormones
Pesticide
3. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Bare root
Asexual
Hardiness
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
4. One who works for oneself
Pest
Entrepreneur
Chloroplast
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
5. 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
Apical meristem
Nematocide
Biennial flower
6. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Vine
Hormones
Hardiness
Herbaceous plant
7. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Shrub
Safety
Sepal
Photosynthesis
8. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Entrepreneur
Horticulture
pH
Complete fertilizer
9. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Annual flower
Soil texture
Apical meristem
Biennial flower
10. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Stamen
Ornamental tree
Soil texture
Chloroplast
11. An award for an individual's SAE
Proficiency
Interiorscaping
Deciduous
Clay
12. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Safety
Nomenclature
Chloroplast
Peat moss
13. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Stomata
Peat moss
Stem
14. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Style
Perennial
Soilless media
Petal
15. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Stem
Genus
Stomata
CDE
16. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Pest
Species
Silt
Heat tolerance
17. Large trees with spreading canopies
Nitrogen
Shade tree
Ornamental horticulture
Soil texture
18. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
LD
Seed
Growth regulators
Taxonomy
19. Material used to control nematodes
Horticulture
Sand
Nematocide
Landscaping
20. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Herbicide
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Photosynthesis
21. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Biennial flower
Pest
Deciduous
Asexual
22. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Potassium
Risk
Horticulture
Stem
23. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Perlite
Dicot
Vegetative
24. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
pH
Interiorscaping
Fruit
Horticulture
25. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Petal
Biennial flower
Potassium
Woody Plant
26. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Chloroplast
Petal
Soilless media
Shrub
27. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Pistil
Hardiness
Stigma
Ground cover
28. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Rodenticide
Field grow
Monocot
29. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Anther
Container grown
Stigma
Pistil
30. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Biennial flower
Stomata
Chloroplast
31. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fungicide
Petal
Organic matter
Fertilizer
32. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Cultivar
Ornamental tree
Propagation
Pistil
33. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Organic matter
Interiorscaping
Pollination
Clay
34. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Vine
Biennial flower
Perlite
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
35. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Horticulture
Risk
Ground cover
Leaf
36. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Morphology
Safety
Shade tree
Interiorscaping
37. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Nitrogen
Interiorscaping
Vermiculite
Phosphorus
38. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Stigma
Deciduous
Container grown
Tree
39. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Shrub
Perlite
Proficiency
40. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Soil texture
Field grow
Deciduous
Pollination
41. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Asexual
Nomenclature
Complete fertilizer
42. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Germination
Organic matter
Landscaping
Soilless media
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
Monocot
Field grow
Stigma
LD
44. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Tree
Photosynthesis
Vermiculite
Phosphorus
45. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Petal
Evergreen
Seed
Shade tree
46. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Propagation
Nutrient
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Germination
47. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Evergreen
Stigma
Stamen
Tree
48. Material used to control mites
Miticide
Interiorscaping
Ground cover
Vermiculite
49. Working for someone else
Soil texture
Placement
Fertilizer
Nomenclature
50. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Genus
Signal words
Soilless media
Organic matter