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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. A substance used to control rodents
Photosynthesis
Rodenticide
Germination
Interiorscaping
2. The beginning of growth from a seed
Vegetative
Root
Container grown
Germination
3. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Cultivar
Pesticide
Hardiness
Soil texture
4. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Vine
Variet
Risk
Cultivar
5. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Root
Balled and burlapped
Vine
Style
6. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Heat tolerance
Ornamental horticulture
Safety
Nematocide
7. Anything unwanted
Pest
Ground cover
Fungicide
Tree
8. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Nutrient
Sexual
Olericulture
Ornamental horticulture
9. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Herbicide
Evergreen
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
10. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Floriculture
Accident
Ground cover
Shade tree
11. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Germination
Interiorscaping
Asexual
12. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Stigma
Stamen
Risk
Perennial
13. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Signal words
Evergreen
Shrub
Woody Plant
14. Working for someone else
Taxonomy
Placement
Vermiculite
Rodenticide
15. The naming of organisms
Nomenclature
Style
Apical meristem
Annual flower
16. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Field grow
Growth regulators
Ovary
Herbaceous plant
17. Exposure to danger or harm
Stamen
Fungicide
Phosphorus
Hazard
18. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Hazard
Peat moss
Pomology
19. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Heat tolerance
Safety
Pesticide
Sepal
20. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Shrub
Soil texture
Risk
21. 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
Dicot
Transpiration
Morphology
Olericulture
22. 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
Cultivar
Fertilizer
Proficiency
Fruit
23. One who works for oneself
Stamen
Entrepreneur
Fertilizer
Annual flower
24. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Nitrogen
Complete fertilizer
Herbicide
Vermiculite
25. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Species
Ovary
Tree
Bare root
26. 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
Anther
Flower
Deciduous
Balled and burlapped
27. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Nomenclature
Organic matter
Ground cover
Pomology
28. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Field grow
Stigma
Seed
Fungicide
29. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Deciduous
Growth regulators
Propagation
Apical meristem
30. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Interiorscaping
Nematocide
Silt
Cultivar
31. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Pistil
Rodenticide
Stomata
Fertilizer
32. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
LD
Soilless media
Chloroplast
Balled and burlapped
33. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Rodenticide
Ornamental tree
Biennial flower
Phosphorus
34. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Morphology
Clay
Proficiency
Horticulture
35. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Pesticide
Anther
Ovary
Pistil
36. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Hardiness
Chloroplast
Fertilizer
Germination
37. The primary growing point of the stem
Style
Pest
Apical meristem
Insecticide
38. Material used to control nematodes
Complete fertilizer
Chloroplast
Leaf
Nematocide
39. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Ornamental horticulture
Morphology
Deciduous
Leaf
40. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Perennial
Stem
Olericulture
Sand
41. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Ornamental horticulture
Root
Perennial
Anther
42. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Annual flower
Complete fertilizer
LD
Filament
43. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
Ground cover
Flower
Growth regulators
44. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Silt
Stigma
Perlite
Hormones
45. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Miticide
Soilless media
Fungicide
Complete fertilizer
46. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Perlite
Growth regulators
LD
Complete fertilizer
47. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Nitrogen
Deciduous
Hardiness
48. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Propagation
Apical meristem
Photosynthesis
Horticulture
49. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Fungicide
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Hardiness
50. Material used to kill or repel pests
Rodenticide
Phosphorus
Pesticide
Interiorscaping