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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 ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Chloroplast
Flower
Fertilizer
Heat tolerance
2. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Pollination
Ornamental tree
Field grow
Accident
3. Lethal dose
Apical meristem
Miticide
Hardiness
LD
4. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Potassium
Silt
Landscaping
Growth regulators
5. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Olericulture
Bare root
Cellular respiration
Molluscicide
6. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Hazard
Organic matter
Signal words
Pollination
7. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Genus
Chloroplast
Molluscicide
Peat moss
8. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Clay
Pest
Growth regulators
Complete fertilizer
9. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Balled and burlapped
Nematocide
Ground cover
Cellular respiration
10. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Annual flower
Chloroplast
Signal words
Propagation
11. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stomata
Herbicide
LD
Nomenclature
12. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Sexual
Fungicide
Leaf
Pomology
13. The beginning of growth from a seed
Germination
Style
Soil texture
Potassium
14. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Seed
Pomology
pH
Interiorscaping
15. The water loss from plant tissues
Genus
Nomenclature
Transpiration
Molluscicide
16. Anything unwanted
Propagation
Apical meristem
Interiorscaping
Pest
17. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Perlite
Filament
Perennial
Olericulture
18. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Proficiency
Peat moss
Filament
19. Exposure to danger or harm
Stem
Asexual
Interiorscaping
Hazard
20. The male reproductive parts of a flower
LD
Stamen
Asexual
Proficiency
21. The primary growing point of the stem
Complete fertilizer
Dicot
Olericulture
Apical meristem
22. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
CDE
Vegetative
Accident
Root
23. 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
Hazard
Variet
Sepal
Dicot
24. A soft - nonmetallic element
Phosphorus
Stigma
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Entrepreneur
25. Working for someone else
Transpiration
Ovary
pH
Placement
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
Vine
Perlite
Biennial flower
Monocot
27. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Pomology
Tree
Risk
Shade tree
28. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Pollination
Sepal
Olericulture
Evergreen
29. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Peat moss
Sexual
Hormones
Floriculture
30. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Soil texture
Risk
Germination
Herbicide
31. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Safety
Hardiness
Herbaceous plant
Stem
32. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Taxonomy
Soil texture
Morphology
Heat tolerance
33. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Flower
Potassium
Monocot
Herbaceous plant
34. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Asexual
Herbicide
Apical meristem
Nitrogen
35. Material used to control insects
Fungicide
Insecticide
Placement
Heat tolerance
36. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Style
Stigma
Interiorscaping
Ornamental horticulture
37. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Anther
Landscaping
Herbaceous plant
Taxonomy
38. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Ornamental tree
Interiorscaping
Landscaping
Accident
39. Large trees with spreading canopies
Balled and burlapped
Growth regulators
Soilless media
Shade tree
40. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Flower
Ornamental horticulture
Morphology
Transpiration
41. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Perlite
Nitrogen
Anther
Fruit
42. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Petal
Hormones
Hardiness
Pest
43. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Woody Plant
Potassium
Hormones
SAE
44. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Germination
Sexual
Pistil
Potassium
45. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Style
Rodenticide
Taxonomy
Ovary
46. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Shrub
Ovary
Dicot
Filament
47. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Photosynthesis
Biennial flower
Vine
Pest
48. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Container grown
Horticulture
Apical meristem
Floriculture
49. Supervised agriculture experience
Hazard
Fruit
SAE
Silt
50. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ornamental tree
Ground cover
Bare root
Risk