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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Leaf
Perennial
Signal words
Fertilizer
2. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Stamen
Transpiration
Proficiency
Soilless media
3. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Stigma
Fruit
Bare root
4. A soft - nonmetallic element
Soilless media
Fungicide
Miticide
Phosphorus
5. The reproductive organs of a plant
Flower
pH
Sexual
Biennial flower
6. Supervised agriculture experience
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ornamental horticulture
SAE
Cultivar
7. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Horticulture
Cellular respiration
Perlite
Floriculture
8. A state of being free of danger and injury
Safety
Miticide
Sexual
Ornamental horticulture
9. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variet
Interiorscaping
Species
Morphology
10. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Fruit
Heat tolerance
Shade tree
Species
11. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Style
Ornamental tree
Heat tolerance
Herbicide
12. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Herbaceous plant
Placement
Biennial flower
Molluscicide
13. The primary growing point of the stem
Apical meristem
Anther
Stomata
Silt
14. The beginning of growth from a seed
Germination
Balled and burlapped
LD
Chloroplast
15. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fungicide
Hormones
Fertilization
Heat tolerance
16. An index of the acidity of a substance
Variet
pH
Evergreen
Nitrogen
17. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Potassium
Proficiency
Field grow
18. Material used to control nematodes
Seed
Monocot
Nematocide
Interiorscaping
19. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Landscaping
Genus
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Tree
20. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Molluscicide
Silt
Seed
Ornamental horticulture
21. The naming of organisms
Seed
Nomenclature
Flower
Organic matter
22. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Interiorscaping
Genus
Dicot
Entrepreneur
23. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Dicot
Style
Vermiculite
Risk
24. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Pollination
Apical meristem
Fertilization
Pistil
25. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Perlite
Shrub
Dicot
Balled and burlapped
26. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Sepal
Hardiness
Entrepreneur
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
27. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Pomology
Ground cover
Growth regulators
Root
28. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Cellular respiration
Chloroplast
Species
Hardiness
29. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Miticide
Shade tree
Style
Potassium
30. Material used to control undesirable plants
Sexual
Herbicide
Pesticide
Safety
31. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Morphology
Interiorscaping
Vine
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
32. 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
Deciduous
Evergreen
Shrub
33. One who works for oneself
Entrepreneur
Perlite
Flower
Filament
34. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Monocot
Shade tree
Bare root
Nutrient
35. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Species
Chloroplast
Soilless media
Heat tolerance
36. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
SAE
Complete fertilizer
Hormones
37. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Floriculture
Risk
Ornamental horticulture
38. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Monocot
Species
Ornamental horticulture
Clay
39. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Clay
Organic matter
Evergreen
Annual flower
40. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Shrub
Deciduous
Sexual
Shade tree
41. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Hazard
Nitrogen
Perennial
Balled and burlapped
42. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Pest
Hormones
Interiorscaping
Pesticide
43. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
Risk
Stem
Pomology
44. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Vine
Monocot
Growth regulators
Balled and burlapped
45. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Miticide
Stigma
Leaf
Monocot
46. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Variet
Hazard
LD
Biennial flower
47. Career Development Event
CDE
Tree
Filament
Organic matter
48. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Ornamental horticulture
Floriculture
Stomata
Clay
49. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Heat tolerance
Container grown
Herbicide
Fungicide
50. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Complete fertilizer
Flower
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ground cover