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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The beginning of growth from a seed
Germination
Heat tolerance
Variet
Rodenticide
2. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Herbaceous plant
Dicot
Sexual
3. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Entrepreneur
Signal words
LD
4. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Taxonomy
Herbicide
5. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Fertilizer
Organic matter
Leaf
Stamen
6. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Ornamental horticulture
Fertilizer
Ground cover
Soilless media
7. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Deciduous
Clay
Complete fertilizer
Insecticide
8. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Herbaceous plant
Potassium
Sepal
SAE
9. Material used to control undesirable plants
Vegetative
Anther
Hardiness
Herbicide
10. Career Development Event
Perennial
CDE
Insecticide
Stem
11. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Risk
Clay
LD
Phosphorus
12. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Interiorscaping
Annual flower
Horticulture
Perennial
13. The reproductive organs of a plant
Photosynthesis
Monocot
Flower
Pistil
14. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Growth regulators
Asexual
Ornamental tree
Sepal
15. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Hazard
Morphology
Safety
Chloroplast
16. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Nematocide
Stamen
Heat tolerance
Hormones
17. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Tree
Accident
Nematocide
Stomata
18. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Nematocide
Placement
Hazard
Soilless media
19. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
Placement
Clay
Cellular respiration
20. Material used to control mites
Miticide
Ground cover
Soilless media
pH
21. 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
Rodenticide
Fungicide
Photosynthesis
Sexual
22. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Biennial flower
Nutrient
Growth regulators
23. The naming of organisms
Nomenclature
Vermiculite
Insecticide
Clay
24. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Pistil
Risk
Hazard
Stem
25. 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
Root
Chloroplast
Pomology
Molluscicide
26. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Flower
Chloroplast
Olericulture
Pomology
27. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Floriculture
Deciduous
Petal
Shrub
28. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Fertilizer
Shade tree
Interiorscaping
Biennial flower
29. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Nematocide
Balled and burlapped
Pollination
Anther
30. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nematocide
Nutrient
SAE
Stem
31. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Sand
Asexual
Ornamental horticulture
Shade tree
32. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Pollination
Field grow
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Chloroplast
33. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Chloroplast
Floriculture
Asexual
Herbaceous plant
34. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Propagation
Container grown
Stigma
Landscaping
35. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
LD
Stem
Peat moss
Floriculture
36. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Filament
Nomenclature
Stomata
Petal
37. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Hormones
Nomenclature
Nitrogen
Clay
38. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Tree
Soilless media
Perennial
Ovary
39. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Dicot
Cultivar
Interiorscaping
Deciduous
40. Material used to control nematodes
Hardiness
Miticide
Nematocide
Nitrogen
41. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Nutrient
Vegetative
Signal words
Morphology
42. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Field grow
Nitrogen
Asexual
Hardiness
43. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Bare root
Insecticide
Stem
44. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Shade tree
Sand
Ovary
45. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Ground cover
Taxonomy
Ovary
Fruit
46. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Annual flower
Nutrient
Safety
Bare root
47. Working for someone else
Placement
Evergreen
Proficiency
Sexual
48. Large trees with spreading canopies
Heat tolerance
Vine
Shade tree
CDE
49. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Petal
Perlite
Seed
Herbicide
50. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Stomata
Landscaping
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)