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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. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Filament
Cultivar
Rodenticide
2. Material used to control mites
Signal words
Annual flower
Miticide
Genus
3. A soft - nonmetallic element
Asexual
Herbicide
Morphology
Phosphorus
4. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Signal words
Clay
SAE
Chloroplast
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
Cultivar
Dicot
Asexual
Shrub
6. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Phosphorus
Nutrient
Genus
Interiorscaping
7. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Genus
Chloroplast
Organic matter
Vegetative
8. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Vermiculite
Variet
Sexual
Flower
9. Exposure to danger or harm
Petal
Hazard
Insecticide
Nematocide
10. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Fertilizer
Heat tolerance
Flower
Petal
11. Supervised agriculture experience
CDE
SAE
Ovary
Monocot
12. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Balled and burlapped
Molluscicide
Cellular respiration
Stomata
13. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Stomata
Miticide
Style
Fungicide
14. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Complete fertilizer
Risk
Soil texture
Sexual
15. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Stem
Ornamental tree
Propagation
Container grown
16. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Field grow
Fertilization
Pollination
Deciduous
17. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
LD
Herbicide
Filament
18. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Photosynthesis
Miticide
Stigma
Pesticide
19. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Vine
Annual flower
CDE
20. The beginning of growth from a seed
Heat tolerance
Germination
Perennial
Peat moss
21. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Bare root
Olericulture
Soilless media
Propagation
22. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Proficiency
Seed
Hormones
Ornamental tree
23. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Complete fertilizer
Hardiness
Style
24. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Anther
Entrepreneur
Sepal
Stamen
25. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Molluscicide
Interiorscaping
Cellular respiration
Growth regulators
26. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
LD
Ornamental tree
Nematocide
Risk
27. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Fertilizer
Ground cover
Variet
Molluscicide
28. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Ground cover
Proficiency
Growth regulators
Landscaping
29. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Fertilization
Organic matter
Woody Plant
Stem
30. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Insecticide
Hardiness
Hazard
31. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Flower
Perennial
Species
Stomata
32. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
CDE
Ornamental horticulture
Fertilizer
Vegetative
33. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Anther
Proficiency
Chloroplast
Ovary
34. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Leaf
Perennial
Horticulture
Interiorscaping
35. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Morphology
Pollination
Species
Fertilization
36. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Proficiency
Cultivar
Phosphorus
Pistil
37. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Woody Plant
Stamen
Balled and burlapped
Perlite
38. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Ornamental horticulture
Taxonomy
Hazard
Accident
39. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Sand
Olericulture
Soilless media
Asexual
40. Anything unwanted
Fungicide
Stigma
Olericulture
Pest
41. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Risk
Herbicide
Bare root
Miticide
42. Career Development Event
CDE
Petal
Morphology
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
43. A substance used to control rodents
LD
Risk
Rodenticide
Germination
44. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Interiorscaping
Stem
Cultivar
Pollination
45. 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
Woody Plant
Photosynthesis
Soil texture
46. An award for an individual's SAE
Proficiency
Fertilization
Nitrogen
Pollination
47. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
SAE
Sexual
Nitrogen
48. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Nitrogen
Horticulture
Ovary
Stigma
49. A state of being free of danger and injury
Hazard
Safety
Vine
Phosphorus
50. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Pollination
Dicot
Sand
Shrub