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Horticulture
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1. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
SAE
Vermiculite
Olericulture
Ground cover
2. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Soilless media
Nutrient
Propagation
Soil texture
3. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Species
Hormones
Molluscicide
Proficiency
4. Large trees with spreading canopies
Photosynthesis
Shade tree
Morphology
Vermiculite
5. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Sexual
Root
Landscaping
Nematocide
6. The naming of organisms
Flower
Ornamental horticulture
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Nomenclature
7. A state of being free of danger and injury
Safety
Hormones
pH
Cultivar
8. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Sexual
Field grow
Propagation
Landscaping
9. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Chloroplast
Herbaceous plant
Woody Plant
Signal words
10. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Ovary
Risk
Insecticide
Propagation
11. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Morphology
Organic matter
Ovary
CDE
12. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Field grow
LD
Organic matter
Signal words
13. Career Development Event
Style
Landscaping
CDE
Photosynthesis
14. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Sepal
Ornamental tree
Pistil
Vegetative
15. 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
Sexual
Pollination
Olericulture
16. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Vegetative
Soilless media
Rodenticide
Fertilizer
17. An index of the acidity of a substance
Nematocide
Shrub
pH
Propagation
18. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Species
Root
Peat moss
Cellular respiration
19. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Perennial
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Accident
Stomata
20. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Vegetative
Balled and burlapped
Soil texture
21. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Nitrogen
Interiorscaping
Germination
Miticide
22. Exposure to danger or harm
Signal words
Ground cover
Flower
Hazard
23. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Monocot
Perennial
Deciduous
Variet
24. Anything unwanted
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pest
Herbaceous plant
Variet
25. Material used to control mites
Miticide
Risk
Species
Pomology
26. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Stomata
Nitrogen
Pesticide
Monocot
27. An award for an individual's SAE
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Nitrogen
SAE
Proficiency
28. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Miticide
Peat moss
Growth regulators
Heat tolerance
29. Supervised agriculture experience
Flower
Molluscicide
Taxonomy
SAE
30. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fungicide
Nutrient
Balled and burlapped
Shrub
31. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Hardiness
Seed
Bare root
Pomology
32. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Pomology
SAE
Fruit
Soil texture
33. One who works for oneself
Entrepreneur
Floriculture
Fertilizer
Herbaceous plant
34. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Stamen
Cultivar
Anther
35. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Signal words
pH
Asexual
Nitrogen
36. 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
Pest
Dicot
Clay
Leaf
37. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Seed
Deciduous
Soil texture
Interiorscaping
38. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Stomata
Growth regulators
Accident
Soil texture
39. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Soil texture
Bare root
Stomata
Growth regulators
40. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Interiorscaping
Genus
Stem
Nitrogen
41. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Evergreen
Petal
Pistil
42. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Complete fertilizer
Germination
Vermiculite
Safety
43. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Sexual
Germination
Silt
44. 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
Morphology
Cultivar
Phosphorus
LD
45. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Vermiculite
Anther
Nitrogen
Sexual
46. 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
CDE
Clay
Vegetative
47. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Pollination
Peat moss
Shrub
48. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Hormones
Evergreen
Asexual
Vine
49. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Entrepreneur
Petal
Organic matter
Hormones
50. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Soil texture
Interiorscaping
Accident
Herbaceous plant
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