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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 science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Stem
Chloroplast
Landscaping
Phosphorus
2. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Pest
Cultivar
Fertilizer
3. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Interiorscaping
Vegetative
Pomology
Fertilization
4. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Biennial flower
Shade tree
Signal words
5. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Chloroplast
Apical meristem
Pollination
Tree
6. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Species
Stigma
Sexual
Genus
7. A state of being free of danger and injury
Anther
Safety
Stomata
Cultivar
8. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Style
Molluscicide
Sepal
Perennial
9. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
Placement
pH
Woody Plant
10. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Ground cover
Seed
pH
Field grow
11. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Peat moss
Interiorscaping
Fruit
12. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Potassium
Pesticide
Petal
Bare root
13. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Clay
Organic matter
Interiorscaping
Fruit
14. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Landscaping
pH
Stomata
Cultivar
15. One who works for oneself
Entrepreneur
Pollination
Interiorscaping
Container grown
16. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Cultivar
Herbicide
Bare root
17. An award for an individual's SAE
Cellular respiration
Proficiency
Herbicide
Ornamental tree
18. Material used to control undesirable plants
Placement
Ornamental horticulture
Balled and burlapped
Herbicide
19. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Biennial flower
Nutrient
Deciduous
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
20. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Woody Plant
Potassium
Deciduous
Shrub
21. 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
Fruit
Woody Plant
Dicot
Root
22. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Stem
Soil texture
Olericulture
23. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Annual flower
Chloroplast
Organic matter
24. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Hormones
Variet
Perennial
25. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Sepal
Dicot
Phosphorus
Soil texture
26. The water loss from plant tissues
Nutrient
Pomology
Proficiency
Transpiration
27. 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
Balled and burlapped
Filament
Genus
Pomology
28. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Pest
Risk
Olericulture
Herbaceous plant
29. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Species
Sexual
Peat moss
Leaf
30. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Dicot
Morphology
Floriculture
Herbaceous plant
31. An index of the acidity of a substance
Landscaping
pH
Complete fertilizer
Nematocide
32. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Nutrient
Taxonomy
Herbicide
33. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Vine
Container grown
Accident
Interiorscaping
34. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Field grow
Ornamental horticulture
Leaf
Safety
35. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Asexual
Sexual
Clay
Hazard
36. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Nutrient
Stem
Anther
Interiorscaping
37. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Rodenticide
Nomenclature
Organic matter
38. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Nutrient
Pistil
Germination
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
39. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Woody Plant
Floriculture
Rodenticide
Vermiculite
40. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Annual flower
Complete fertilizer
Morphology
Hardiness
41. A soft - nonmetallic element
Stamen
Phosphorus
Pest
Placement
42. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Insecticide
Sexual
Tree
Taxonomy
43. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fungicide
Floriculture
Tree
Safety
44. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
Germination
pH
Seed
45. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stamen
Evergreen
Genus
Nitrogen
46. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Variet
Safety
Heat tolerance
Anther
47. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variet
Asexual
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Miticide
48. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Sepal
Stigma
Asexual
Peat moss
49. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Risk
Sand
50. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Floriculture
Ground cover
Hardiness
Herbaceous plant