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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. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Ornamental horticulture
Transpiration
Vermiculite
Woody Plant
2. Decayed remains of plants and animals
CDE
Species
Organic matter
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
3. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Hormones
Vermiculite
Complete fertilizer
Nitrogen
4. The water loss from plant tissues
Hazard
Transpiration
Evergreen
Bare root
5. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Ornamental horticulture
Entrepreneur
Nematocide
Fungicide
6. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Molluscicide
Perlite
Signal words
Fertilizer
7. 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
Cultivar
Landscaping
Proficiency
Pomology
8. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Fruit
Pomology
Hardiness
Risk
9. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
pH
LD
Fertilizer
Filament
10. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Pollination
Container grown
Sexual
11. An award for an individual's SAE
Anther
Vermiculite
Proficiency
Floriculture
12. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Style
Potassium
Evergreen
Ground cover
13. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
pH
Tree
Interiorscaping
Growth regulators
14. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Stomata
Clay
pH
Petal
15. 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
Potassium
Soilless media
Balled and burlapped
Style
16. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Bare root
Annual flower
LD
Vermiculite
17. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Miticide
Sepal
Clay
Flower
18. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Cellular respiration
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Silt
Olericulture
19. A state of being free of danger and injury
Fruit
Safety
CDE
Shade tree
20. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Interiorscaping
Cellular respiration
Proficiency
Bare root
21. Career Development Event
CDE
Interiorscaping
Rodenticide
Hardiness
22. Working for someone else
Placement
Pesticide
Fertilization
Stem
23. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Tree
Sexual
Signal words
Shade tree
24. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Miticide
pH
Vine
Fertilizer
25. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Olericulture
Herbicide
Fruit
26. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Morphology
pH
SAE
Species
27. A substance used to control rodents
Perlite
Complete fertilizer
Entrepreneur
Rodenticide
28. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Signal words
Miticide
Nitrogen
Field grow
29. The primary growing point of the stem
Interiorscaping
Photosynthesis
Apical meristem
Growth regulators
30. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Hardiness
Chloroplast
Stamen
Evergreen
31. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Potassium
Stomata
Sepal
Olericulture
32. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Ornamental tree
Growth regulators
Sand
SAE
33. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Asexual
Root
Pest
Chloroplast
34. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Potassium
Evergreen
Pistil
Pomology
35. 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
Propagation
Dicot
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Stem
36. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Stem
Soil texture
Potassium
Sand
37. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Pest
Tree
Floriculture
Variet
38. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Species
Signal words
SAE
Deciduous
39. Supervised agriculture experience
Floriculture
Sexual
SAE
Stomata
40. Large trees with spreading canopies
Hardiness
Soilless media
Shade tree
Pollination
41. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Vegetative
Leaf
Dicot
Hormones
42. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
SAE
Petal
Evergreen
43. 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
Morphology
Root
Tree
Rodenticide
44. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Vine
Fruit
Organic matter
Field grow
45. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Organic matter
Woody Plant
Horticulture
Bare root
46. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Seed
Vermiculite
Transpiration
Morphology
47. One who works for oneself
Photosynthesis
Entrepreneur
Molluscicide
Fruit
48. A soft - nonmetallic element
Pest
Clay
Field grow
Phosphorus
49. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Nematocide
Ornamental tree
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
50. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Fungicide
Soil texture
LD
Variet