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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Entrepreneur
Photosynthesis
Evergreen
Germination
2. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Field grow
Phosphorus
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
3. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Stamen
Growth regulators
Taxonomy
Accident
4. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Peat moss
Growth regulators
Monocot
Fertilizer
5. A substance used to control rodents
Flower
CDE
Rodenticide
Ovary
6. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Morphology
Fruit
Fertilization
Molluscicide
7. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Taxonomy
Photosynthesis
Vegetative
8. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Heat tolerance
Pistil
Clay
9. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Stigma
Ornamental horticulture
Style
Cultivar
10. The beginning of growth from a seed
Woody Plant
Balled and burlapped
Molluscicide
Germination
11. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Olericulture
Stem
Entrepreneur
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
12. Working for someone else
Placement
Entrepreneur
Olericulture
Ovary
13. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Tree
Pistil
Sand
Horticulture
14. 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
Monocot
Asexual
Silt
15. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Dicot
Growth regulators
Hardiness
Risk
16. The primary growing point of the stem
Herbaceous plant
Safety
Apical meristem
Root
17. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
CDE
pH
Leaf
Deciduous
18. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Biennial flower
Stem
Shrub
Deciduous
19. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Annual flower
Landscaping
Herbicide
20. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Photosynthesis
Ornamental horticulture
SAE
21. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Perlite
Ovary
CDE
Dicot
22. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Ovary
Petal
Nomenclature
Entrepreneur
23. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Sepal
Biennial flower
Pomology
Ovary
24. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Fertilizer
Morphology
Clay
Perlite
25. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Interiorscaping
Rodenticide
Asexual
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
26. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Risk
Complete fertilizer
Photosynthesis
Container grown
27. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Nomenclature
Stigma
Field grow
Ornamental tree
28. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Soil texture
Herbaceous plant
Evergreen
Risk
29. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Ornamental horticulture
Hazard
Sand
30. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Container grown
Clay
Miticide
31. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Hardiness
Pesticide
Entrepreneur
32. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Ornamental tree
Proficiency
Container grown
Hormones
33. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Heat tolerance
Perlite
Accident
Insecticide
34. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Molluscicide
CDE
Container grown
Soilless media
35. Supervised agriculture experience
Ovary
SAE
Style
Stamen
36. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Insecticide
Complete fertilizer
pH
Fruit
37. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Tree
Herbicide
Genus
Apical meristem
38. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Nomenclature
Root
Filament
Species
39. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Risk
Germination
Placement
40. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Pesticide
Stem
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Horticulture
41. 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
Horticulture
Container grown
Fruit
42. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stem
Stamen
Apical meristem
Shade tree
43. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Landscaping
Proficiency
Monocot
Sand
44. 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
Photosynthesis
Balled and burlapped
Apical meristem
Clay
45. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nomenclature
Anther
Nutrient
Growth regulators
46. Large trees with spreading canopies
Biennial flower
Organic matter
Shade tree
Pest
47. A state of being free of danger and injury
Safety
Silt
Entrepreneur
Bare root
48. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Entrepreneur
SAE
Hazard
Woody Plant
49. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Perlite
Pistil
Photosynthesis
Proficiency
50. The naming of organisms
Nematocide
SAE
pH
Nomenclature