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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. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Nitrogen
Peat moss
Fertilizer
Heat tolerance
2. Working for someone else
Perennial
Placement
Risk
Soilless media
3. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Propagation
Nomenclature
Genus
Cellular respiration
4. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Genus
Stem
Fertilizer
Woody Plant
5. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Transpiration
Field grow
Fungicide
6. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Hardiness
Hormones
Container grown
Pest
7. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Shrub
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Stem
SAE
8. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Proficiency
Annual flower
Balled and burlapped
Olericulture
9. Lethal dose
Filament
Soil texture
Monocot
LD
10. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Fruit
Soil texture
Stigma
Shrub
11. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Nitrogen
Sexual
Fungicide
12. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Seed
Cellular respiration
Evergreen
13. Material used to control mites
Herbaceous plant
Placement
Miticide
Fertilizer
14. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Organic matter
Woody Plant
Potassium
Filament
15. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Entrepreneur
Asexual
Sexual
Signal words
16. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
CDE
Safety
Pest
Olericulture
17. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Soilless media
Accident
Proficiency
Petal
18. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Style
Perlite
Clay
Stem
19. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stomata
Horticulture
Complete fertilizer
Dicot
20. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Genus
Seed
Interiorscaping
Proficiency
21. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Container grown
Hardiness
Taxonomy
Perlite
22. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Variet
Species
Morphology
23. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Variet
Apical meristem
Peat moss
24. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Ground cover
Root
Pomology
25. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Cellular respiration
Placement
Interiorscaping
Complete fertilizer
26. Material used to control undesirable plants
Vermiculite
Organic matter
Herbicide
Safety
27. 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
Stem
Evergreen
Organic matter
Root
28. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Seed
Horticulture
Fertilization
pH
29. A substance used to control rodents
Vegetative
Rodenticide
Field grow
Signal words
30. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Shade tree
Genus
Risk
Stamen
31. Material used to control insects
Organic matter
Propagation
Insecticide
Anther
32. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Biennial flower
Sepal
Flower
33. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Hazard
Cellular respiration
Shrub
Shade tree
34. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Soil texture
Potassium
Root
35. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Dicot
Monocot
Vegetative
SAE
36. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Landscaping
Photosynthesis
Evergreen
Hormones
37. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Molluscicide
Hazard
Landscaping
38. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Safety
Seed
Fertilization
Entrepreneur
39. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Complete fertilizer
Container grown
Field grow
Growth regulators
40. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Vine
Vermiculite
pH
41. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Growth regulators
Woody Plant
Soil texture
Morphology
42. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Nomenclature
Bare root
Potassium
Leaf
43. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Chloroplast
Anther
Container grown
Flower
44. 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
Vegetative
Cultivar
Peat moss
Ground cover
45. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Soilless media
Annual flower
Herbicide
Sepal
46. An index of the acidity of a substance
Complete fertilizer
pH
Species
Interiorscaping
47. 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
Tree
Evergreen
Soil texture
Photosynthesis
48. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Evergreen
Annual flower
Heat tolerance
Ground cover
49. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Complete fertilizer
Herbicide
Herbaceous plant
Chloroplast
50. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Ovary
Fertilization
Perlite
SAE