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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Nomenclature
Woody Plant
Chloroplast
Leaf
2. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Asexual
Propagation
Root
3. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variet
Horticulture
Sepal
Hazard
4. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Stem
Signal words
Ornamental tree
Complete fertilizer
5. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Evergreen
Ornamental horticulture
Olericulture
Fruit
6. 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
Proficiency
Balled and burlapped
Heat tolerance
Potassium
7. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Herbaceous plant
Risk
Nomenclature
8. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Accident
Floriculture
Miticide
Stigma
9. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Heat tolerance
Chloroplast
Fruit
Vine
10. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Leaf
Fertilizer
Cultivar
Vermiculite
11. Material used to control mites
Flower
Deciduous
Miticide
Ground cover
12. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
SAE
Morphology
Organic matter
Entrepreneur
13. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Phosphorus
Accident
Germination
Interiorscaping
14. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Monocot
CDE
Accident
Stomata
15. 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
Growth regulators
Dicot
Heat tolerance
Hazard
16. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Ovary
Germination
Cultivar
Pomology
17. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Ovary
Interiorscaping
Deciduous
Cellular respiration
18. Working for someone else
Apical meristem
Placement
Heat tolerance
Stamen
19. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Soil texture
Pest
Nematocide
Annual flower
20. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Ground cover
Sand
Tree
Evergreen
21. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
pH
Ornamental horticulture
Ovary
Interiorscaping
22. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Style
Germination
Cellular respiration
Ovary
23. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Fertilizer
Stomata
Woody Plant
Hormones
24. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Growth regulators
Deciduous
Silt
Chloroplast
25. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
LD
Bare root
Interiorscaping
Herbicide
26. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Fungicide
Clay
Soilless media
Sepal
27. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Apical meristem
LD
Style
28. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Field grow
Vermiculite
Shrub
Propagation
29. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Species
Ornamental horticulture
Apical meristem
Propagation
30. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Growth regulators
Field grow
Fertilizer
Risk
31. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Phosphorus
LD
Hormones
Silt
32. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Herbaceous plant
Balled and burlapped
Ornamental tree
Monocot
33. Anything unwanted
Evergreen
Pest
Vegetative
LD
34. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Pest
Fruit
Tree
Landscaping
35. Material used to control insects
Fruit
Insecticide
Horticulture
Root
36. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Seed
Stomata
Root
Nematocide
37. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Interiorscaping
Interiorscaping
Stomata
Landscaping
38. An award for an individual's SAE
Clay
Proficiency
pH
Seed
39. Large trees with spreading canopies
Sexual
Shade tree
Horticulture
Variet
40. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Insecticide
Hardiness
Pest
Olericulture
41. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Perennial
Transpiration
Stem
Interiorscaping
42. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Perennial
Field grow
Nitrogen
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
43. Career Development Event
Insecticide
Rodenticide
CDE
Perlite
44. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Woody Plant
Monocot
Potassium
Growth regulators
45. 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
Proficiency
Nomenclature
Tree
Root
46. 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
Sexual
Chloroplast
Photosynthesis
Apical meristem
47. A substance used to control rodents
Cultivar
Rodenticide
Balled and burlapped
Chloroplast
48. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Anther
Ornamental horticulture
Ovary
49. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Leaf
Root
Organic matter
Transpiration
50. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Landscaping
Genus
CDE
Pollination