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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. Supervised agriculture experience
SAE
Shrub
Sepal
Fertilizer
2. Material used to control mites
Miticide
Placement
Dicot
Fungicide
3. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Cultivar
Pomology
Molluscicide
Genus
4. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Soil texture
Proficiency
Herbaceous plant
Potassium
5. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Propagation
Seed
Nematocide
Hazard
6. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Species
CDE
Vermiculite
Annual flower
7. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Hardiness
Pest
Propagation
8. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Style
CDE
Field grow
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
9. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Interiorscaping
Hardiness
Stamen
10. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Biennial flower
Pomology
Vermiculite
Miticide
11. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Species
Shrub
Fertilizer
Proficiency
12. Working for someone else
Morphology
Entrepreneur
Placement
Pistil
13. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Entrepreneur
Transpiration
Silt
14. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Stamen
Potassium
Pesticide
Shade tree
15. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Phosphorus
Dicot
Perlite
Biennial flower
16. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Molluscicide
Sand
Dicot
Accident
17. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Dicot
Sepal
Bare root
Anther
18. The primary growing point of the stem
Nitrogen
Photosynthesis
Apical meristem
CDE
19. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Nematocide
Root
Genus
Container grown
20. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
SAE
Nutrient
Stigma
Field grow
21. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Vegetative
Morphology
Herbicide
Heat tolerance
22. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Taxonomy
Perlite
Bare root
23. An award for an individual's SAE
Ornamental horticulture
Proficiency
Leaf
Fertilizer
24. One who works for oneself
Field grow
Herbicide
Germination
Entrepreneur
25. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Hormones
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Propagation
Nomenclature
26. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Phosphorus
Bare root
Landscaping
Leaf
27. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Leaf
Sand
Species
Complete fertilizer
28. 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
Filament
Fungicide
Hardiness
29. Material used to control insects
Sepal
Fertilization
Insecticide
CDE
30. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Tree
Hormones
Heat tolerance
31. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Annual flower
Olericulture
Safety
32. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Proficiency
Pollination
Perlite
Transpiration
33. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Nomenclature
Soilless media
Ground cover
Deciduous
34. 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
Pesticide
Pollination
Cultivar
35. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Fungicide
Heat tolerance
Flower
Tree
36. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Fungicide
Signal words
Biennial flower
Leaf
37. Lethal dose
Tree
Hazard
Silt
LD
38. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Proficiency
Fruit
Clay
Accident
39. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Pistil
Fungicide
Taxonomy
Pesticide
40. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Woody Plant
Rodenticide
Ornamental tree
Vine
41. Large trees with spreading canopies
Flower
Potassium
Soil texture
Shade tree
42. Material used to kill or repel pests
Pesticide
Style
Field grow
Herbaceous plant
43. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Hormones
Tree
LD
Petal
44. Material used to control undesirable plants
Peat moss
Field grow
Growth regulators
Herbicide
45. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Nematocide
Container grown
Stomata
Evergreen
46. The lower portion of a plant that bears neither leaves nor reproductive organs and that mostly develops underground and anchors the plant; the hairs absorb water and mineral nutrients
Container grown
Root
Genus
Stamen
47. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Herbicide
Stem
Fruit
Interiorscaping
48. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Field grow
Proficiency
Monocot
Stomata
49. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Peat moss
Fertilizer
Pollination
Hardiness
50. 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
Container grown
Cultivar
Seed
Field grow