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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. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Rodenticide
Chloroplast
Entrepreneur
Ovary
2. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Ornamental tree
Field grow
Stomata
3. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Pest
Monocot
Ground cover
4. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Growth regulators
Hazard
Phosphorus
Petal
5. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Soilless media
Fertilization
Ornamental horticulture
Soil texture
6. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Species
Tree
Germination
Clay
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
Sexual
Taxonomy
Cultivar
Bare root
8. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Balled and burlapped
Woody Plant
Germination
Field grow
9. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Soilless media
Cultivar
Fertilizer
Sepal
10. Anything unwanted
Cellular respiration
Pest
Pomology
Vine
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
Ovary
Hazard
Vine
Balled and burlapped
12. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Pest
Peat moss
Woody Plant
Container grown
13. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Interiorscaping
Pollination
Balled and burlapped
14. Material used to control nematodes
Pesticide
Floriculture
Nematocide
Petal
15. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Morphology
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Potassium
Growth regulators
16. Material used to control mites
Dicot
Olericulture
Ornamental tree
Miticide
17. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Cellular respiration
Soilless media
Horticulture
18. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Fungicide
Growth regulators
Ornamental tree
Stigma
19. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Nutrient
Anther
CDE
Shrub
20. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Asexual
Woody Plant
Perlite
21. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Tree
Nutrient
Herbaceous plant
Proficiency
22. The naming of organisms
Silt
Annual flower
Nomenclature
Monocot
23. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Anther
Species
Biennial flower
Clay
24. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Transpiration
Species
Soil texture
Molluscicide
25. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Growth regulators
Nitrogen
Root
Annual flower
26. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Shade tree
Monocot
Organic matter
Germination
27. One who works for oneself
Asexual
Entrepreneur
Fertilizer
Photosynthesis
28. An index of the acidity of a substance
Potassium
pH
Accident
Heat tolerance
29. The reproductive organs of a plant
Asexual
Flower
Herbaceous plant
Nitrogen
30. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
LD
Filament
Peat moss
Genus
31. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Container grown
Field grow
Pollination
Bare root
32. A substance used to control rodents
Sexual
Container grown
Herbaceous plant
Rodenticide
33. 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
Nematocide
Root
Deciduous
Sepal
34. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Heat tolerance
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Soilless media
Complete fertilizer
35. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Shade tree
Ornamental tree
Filament
Woody Plant
36. An award for an individual's SAE
Insecticide
Container grown
Proficiency
Taxonomy
37. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Anther
Leaf
Miticide
Olericulture
38. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Complete fertilizer
Pest
Pomology
Stamen
39. Lethal dose
Ground cover
Pesticide
Entrepreneur
LD
40. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Vermiculite
Complete fertilizer
Vegetative
Interiorscaping
41. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Bare root
Accident
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Ornamental horticulture
42. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Vegetative
Sexual
Stamen
Perlite
43. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Horticulture
Nomenclature
Interiorscaping
Field grow
44. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Soilless media
Nutrient
Stem
Fungicide
45. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Floriculture
Heat tolerance
Risk
Stomata
46. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Sand
Petal
Shade tree
47. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Filament
Vermiculite
Pistil
Signal words
48. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Seed
Organic matter
Anther
Field grow
49. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Sexual
Filament
Nematocide
50. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Anther
Sexual
Entrepreneur
Soil texture