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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Genus
Bare root
Woody Plant
Chloroplast
2. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Insecticide
Fungicide
Fertilizer
Sand
3. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Safety
Asexual
Complete fertilizer
4. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Pest
pH
Leaf
Olericulture
5. The water loss from plant tissues
Transpiration
Perennial
Risk
Pest
6. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Fungicide
Stigma
Transpiration
LD
7. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Annual flower
Monocot
Cellular respiration
Sexual
8. 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
Taxonomy
Cultivar
Organic matter
Filament
9. An index of the acidity of a substance
pH
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Interiorscaping
Root
10. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Peat moss
Container grown
Pomology
Style
11. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Proficiency
Soilless media
Fertilizer
Species
12. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
SAE
Field grow
Fungicide
13. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Bare root
Container grown
Dicot
Seed
14. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Risk
Species
Soil texture
15. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Leaf
Insecticide
Silt
Vermiculite
16. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Nematocide
Variet
Germination
Ornamental horticulture
17. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Silt
Stigma
Flower
Interiorscaping
18. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Pest
Stigma
Accident
Deciduous
19. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Hazard
Perennial
Organic matter
Safety
20. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Hardiness
Cultivar
Interiorscaping
21. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Clay
Signal words
Perlite
Filament
22. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Balled and burlapped
Ground cover
Landscaping
Ornamental horticulture
23. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Floriculture
Nomenclature
Growth regulators
Interiorscaping
24. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Nitrogen
Placement
Ornamental horticulture
25. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Perlite
Sepal
Dicot
Monocot
26. The beginning of growth from a seed
Herbaceous plant
Morphology
Transpiration
Germination
27. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Molluscicide
Cellular respiration
Rodenticide
Insecticide
28. Material used to kill or repel pests
Bare root
Nitrogen
Sexual
Pesticide
29. The primary growing point of the stem
Herbicide
Apical meristem
Asexual
Rodenticide
30. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Flower
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Horticulture
31. An award for an individual's SAE
Proficiency
Style
Miticide
Complete fertilizer
32. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Root
Rodenticide
Nomenclature
Hardiness
33. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Molluscicide
Safety
Heat tolerance
Morphology
34. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Cultivar
Transpiration
Safety
Peat moss
35. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Hazard
Stem
Growth regulators
Root
36. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Olericulture
Signal words
Stamen
Anther
37. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Ornamental tree
CDE
Chloroplast
Pomology
38. Lethal dose
Perlite
LD
Olericulture
Field grow
39. Supervised agriculture experience
SAE
Safety
Sexual
Stem
40. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Fungicide
Cellular respiration
Nitrogen
Shade tree
41. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Biennial flower
Taxonomy
Style
Sepal
42. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Petal
Molluscicide
Bare root
SAE
43. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Filament
Petal
Landscaping
Floriculture
44. 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
Accident
Variet
Container grown
Photosynthesis
45. The reproductive organs of a plant
Olericulture
Silt
Monocot
Flower
46. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Placement
Growth regulators
Phosphorus
Landscaping
47. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Horticulture
Petal
Monocot
Chloroplast
48. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Taxonomy
Evergreen
Root
Molluscicide
49. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Petal
Monocot
Peat moss
Organic matter
50. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Vine
Stomata
Cellular respiration
Vermiculite