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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Leaf
Asexual
Annual flower
2. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Heat tolerance
Growth regulators
Silt
Stamen
3. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Pomology
Interiorscaping
Cellular respiration
Vegetative
4. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Chloroplast
Entrepreneur
Molluscicide
Woody Plant
5. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Style
Root
Safety
Monocot
6. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Molluscicide
Variet
Tree
CDE
7. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Signal words
Cellular respiration
Species
Pest
8. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Sexual
Interiorscaping
Molluscicide
Perlite
9. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Heat tolerance
Cultivar
Placement
Shade tree
10. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Vine
Dicot
Anther
Proficiency
11. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Perlite
Asexual
Hormones
Horticulture
12. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Organic matter
Nematocide
Herbaceous plant
Deciduous
13. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Hormones
Cellular respiration
Landscaping
Growth regulators
14. The reproductive organs of a plant
Proficiency
Container grown
Flower
Clay
15. 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
Pistil
Risk
Photosynthesis
Fungicide
16. Lethal dose
Evergreen
LD
Dicot
Phosphorus
17. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Sepal
Cellular respiration
Miticide
18. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Petal
Evergreen
Chloroplast
Nutrient
19. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Balled and burlapped
Pomology
Propagation
Herbaceous plant
20. An index of the acidity of a substance
Fertilizer
pH
SAE
Pomology
21. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Signal words
Complete fertilizer
Annual flower
Vegetative
22. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Herbaceous plant
Filament
Leaf
23. 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
Fertilization
Ovary
Cultivar
Fungicide
24. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Nomenclature
Accident
Placement
Stigma
25. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Pollination
Fungicide
Filament
Taxonomy
26. Supervised agriculture experience
Risk
Shrub
Petal
SAE
27. Working for someone else
Stigma
Horticulture
Placement
pH
28. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Stomata
Variet
Proficiency
Sepal
29. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Seed
Asexual
Hardiness
30. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stomata
Photosynthesis
Style
Dicot
31. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Pesticide
Ornamental tree
Chloroplast
Silt
32. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Shrub
Ovary
Placement
Molluscicide
33. The beginning of growth from a seed
Shade tree
Floriculture
Hardiness
Germination
34. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Annual flower
Vine
Soilless media
Vegetative
35. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Fertilizer
Heat tolerance
Bare root
Ground cover
36. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Floriculture
Peat moss
Balled and burlapped
Leaf
37. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Insecticide
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Soilless media
Ornamental horticulture
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
pH
Phosphorus
Cellular respiration
Ovary
39. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Variet
Vegetative
Organic matter
Fertilization
40. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Flower
Shade tree
Heat tolerance
41. A soft - nonmetallic element
Field grow
LD
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Phosphorus
42. The primary growing point of the stem
Species
Style
Entrepreneur
Apical meristem
43. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Monocot
Olericulture
Fruit
Complete fertilizer
44. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Species
Vine
Seed
Risk
45. One who works for oneself
SAE
Deciduous
Entrepreneur
Potassium
46. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Silt
Morphology
Olericulture
Pest
47. Material used to kill or repel pests
Soilless media
Pesticide
Interiorscaping
Ornamental tree
48. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Perennial
Style
Transpiration
Hazard
49. 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
Biennial flower
Apical meristem
Hazard
Balled and burlapped
50. Material used to control nematodes
Species
Nematocide
Insecticide
Monocot