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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
Evergreen
Horticulture
Morphology
Variet
2. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Flower
Perlite
Pomology
Clay
3. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Perennial
Landscaping
Soil texture
Herbicide
4. The beginning of growth from a seed
Monocot
Interiorscaping
Germination
Dicot
5. The naming of organisms
Apical meristem
Woody Plant
Nomenclature
Safety
6. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Tree
SAE
Biennial flower
7. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Anther
Risk
Landscaping
Fertilization
8. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Ornamental tree
Stem
Vine
Interiorscaping
9. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Growth regulators
Ovary
Filament
Vine
10. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
SAE
Complete fertilizer
Miticide
Accident
11. 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
Ornamental horticulture
Soilless media
Shade tree
12. Material used to control mites
Vegetative
Potassium
Silt
Miticide
13. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stamen
Ovary
Growth regulators
Petal
14. A chemical element required for plant growth
SAE
Nutrient
Hazard
Herbaceous plant
15. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Soilless media
Peat moss
Placement
Ovary
16. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Potassium
Container grown
Balled and burlapped
Interiorscaping
17. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Filament
Rodenticide
Perlite
Sexual
18. Large trees with spreading canopies
Floriculture
Complete fertilizer
Shade tree
Tree
19. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Monocot
Biennial flower
Complete fertilizer
20. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Cultivar
Container grown
Balled and burlapped
21. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Fertilizer
Species
Deciduous
Rodenticide
22. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Organic matter
Biennial flower
Anther
23. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Tree
Evergreen
Signal words
Hardiness
24. Material used to control insects
Fertilization
Proficiency
Insecticide
Potassium
25. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Phosphorus
Shade tree
Genus
Ovary
26. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Soilless media
Nomenclature
Heat tolerance
Sepal
27. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Insecticide
Balled and burlapped
Pollination
Stamen
28. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Monocot
Evergreen
Fertilizer
Fertilization
29. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Germination
Root
Proficiency
30. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Dicot
Miticide
Pistil
Stigma
31. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Bare root
Signal words
Vermiculite
Floriculture
32. A substance used to control rodents
Variet
Organic matter
Nematocide
Rodenticide
33. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Phosphorus
Flower
Transpiration
Organic matter
34. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Annual flower
Olericulture
Woody Plant
Transpiration
35. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Shrub
Molluscicide
Hormones
Species
36. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Soilless media
Sepal
Field grow
Pollination
37. 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
Herbicide
Photosynthesis
Pollination
Perennial
38. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
CDE
Pest
Chloroplast
Propagation
39. Material used to control nematodes
Soilless media
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Nematocide
Shrub
40. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Vegetative
Photosynthesis
Nematocide
Leaf
41. Lethal dose
Monocot
Phosphorus
Complete fertilizer
LD
42. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
Species
SAE
Balled and burlapped
43. An index of the acidity of a substance
Sepal
Fertilizer
pH
Bare root
44. Material used to kill or repel pests
Biennial flower
Pesticide
Peat moss
Sepal
45. A state of being free of danger and injury
Container grown
Transpiration
Safety
Flower
46. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Sexual
Fruit
Potassium
Deciduous
47. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Heat tolerance
Variet
Fungicide
Landscaping
48. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Sand
Sexual
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Ovary
49. The water loss from plant tissues
Stem
CDE
Transpiration
Asexual
50. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Phosphorus
Risk
Ornamental horticulture
Cultivar