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Horticulture
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Perlite
Evergreen
Variet
Container grown
2. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Container grown
Silt
Ground cover
Landscaping
3. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Flower
Herbicide
Insecticide
4. Material used to control nematodes
Bare root
Ornamental tree
CDE
Nematocide
5. A soft - nonmetallic element
Soilless media
Signal words
Phosphorus
Stem
6. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Nematocide
Herbaceous plant
Phosphorus
Balled and burlapped
7. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Olericulture
Molluscicide
Sexual
Monocot
8. Supervised agriculture experience
Vermiculite
Bare root
SAE
Olericulture
9. Material used to control undesirable plants
Leaf
Soilless media
Herbicide
Cellular respiration
10. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Nematocide
Complete fertilizer
Fertilizer
Horticulture
11. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Phosphorus
Sepal
Complete fertilizer
12. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Hazard
Ornamental horticulture
Entrepreneur
Clay
13. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Stigma
Nitrogen
Organic matter
Monocot
14. A substance used to control rodents
Filament
Hardiness
Rodenticide
Growth regulators
15. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Interiorscaping
Flower
Potassium
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
16. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Style
Hardiness
Clay
Germination
17. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
SAE
Risk
Chloroplast
Vine
18. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Hormones
Pollination
pH
Hardiness
19. A chemical element required for plant growth
Shrub
Horticulture
Biennial flower
Nutrient
20. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Fungicide
Cellular respiration
Field grow
Annual flower
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
Root
Vine
Clay
Style
22. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Pollination
Stomata
Pistil
23. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Stigma
Anther
Woody Plant
Pomology
24. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Hormones
Fruit
Ornamental horticulture
25. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Ornamental horticulture
Fertilizer
Hardiness
Horticulture
26. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Chloroplast
Sexual
Woody Plant
Pollination
27. Lethal dose
Species
LD
Silt
Miticide
28. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
Fertilization
Variet
Petal
29. The primary growing point of the stem
Stamen
Shade tree
Genus
Apical meristem
30. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Miticide
Perennial
Cultivar
31. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Anther
Taxonomy
Nematocide
Sexual
32. A state of being free of danger and injury
Species
Safety
Heat tolerance
Balled and burlapped
33. The water loss from plant tissues
Transpiration
Annual flower
Nematocide
Entrepreneur
34. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Biennial flower
Olericulture
Bare root
Proficiency
35. 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
Pomology
Cultivar
Landscaping
Seed
36. One who works for oneself
Pesticide
Perennial
Entrepreneur
Soilless media
37. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Soil texture
Hormones
Perlite
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
Stamen
Variet
Ovary
Nitrogen
39. 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
Shade tree
Root
Dicot
Propagation
40. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Evergreen
Vine
Potassium
Photosynthesis
41. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Taxonomy
Petal
Heat tolerance
Bare root
42. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Interiorscaping
Perlite
Fertilizer
Entrepreneur
43. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Biennial flower
Sepal
Cellular respiration
Accident
44. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
SAE
Placement
Soilless media
Annual flower
45. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Landscaping
Sexual
Molluscicide
Field grow
46. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Organic matter
Insecticide
SAE
Nutrient
47. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Filament
Soilless media
LD
Stamen
48. Material used to control insects
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Nitrogen
Insecticide
Ovary
49. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Growth regulators
Stamen
Pollination
Variet
50. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Soil texture
Field grow
Herbaceous plant
Interiorscaping