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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. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Nutrient
Vermiculite
Ground cover
Interiorscaping
2. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Seed
Pest
Nomenclature
Style
3. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Seed
Landscaping
Species
Style
4. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Ground cover
Bare root
Balled and burlapped
Ornamental horticulture
5. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Filament
Ovary
Placement
6. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Tree
Fertilization
Soilless media
Soil texture
7. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Horticulture
CDE
Insecticide
Flower
8. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Anther
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Molluscicide
Silt
9. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Cellular respiration
SAE
Seed
Anther
10. A soft - nonmetallic element
LD
Phosphorus
Bare root
Insecticide
11. 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
Risk
Cultivar
Phosphorus
Growth regulators
12. Career Development Event
Vine
CDE
Soil texture
Stamen
13. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Nematocide
Potassium
Landscaping
Growth regulators
14. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Woody Plant
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Biennial flower
Monocot
15. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Sand
Transpiration
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Heat tolerance
16. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Pistil
Root
Landscaping
Sand
17. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Silt
Petal
Ground cover
Olericulture
18. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Petal
Floriculture
Perennial
Container grown
19. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Perennial
Stigma
Pest
20. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Phosphorus
Stamen
Rodenticide
Stigma
21. An award for an individual's SAE
Cultivar
Balled and burlapped
Leaf
Proficiency
22. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fertilization
Biennial flower
Shrub
Fungicide
23. The water loss from plant tissues
Transpiration
Root
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Horticulture
24. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Horticulture
Proficiency
Vermiculite
Sexual
25. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Peat moss
Fertilizer
Soilless media
26. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Perlite
Pistil
Potassium
Monocot
27. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Soilless media
Petal
Olericulture
Fertilizer
28. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Perennial
Seed
Shrub
Organic matter
29. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Taxonomy
Floriculture
Fertilizer
30. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Fruit
Interiorscaping
Molluscicide
Stomata
31. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Horticulture
Stamen
Fungicide
32. Supervised agriculture experience
Stem
SAE
CDE
Potassium
33. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
CDE
Bare root
Silt
Style
34. One who works for oneself
Ground cover
Entrepreneur
Vermiculite
SAE
35. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Nitrogen
Risk
Genus
Stem
36. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Field grow
Morphology
Hormones
37. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Sand
Pomology
Perennial
38. 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
Dicot
Filament
Risk
Hormones
39. The beginning of growth from a seed
Cultivar
Bare root
Shrub
Germination
40. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Peat moss
Vine
Perlite
Signal words
41. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Vermiculite
Sepal
Growth regulators
Root
42. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Herbaceous plant
Ovary
Field grow
Hardiness
43. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Cellular respiration
Interiorscaping
Taxonomy
44. The naming of organisms
Filament
Ground cover
Potassium
Nomenclature
45. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Complete fertilizer
Apical meristem
Style
Interiorscaping
46. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Ovary
Interiorscaping
Nutrient
Miticide
47. Working for someone else
Fertilization
Complete fertilizer
Placement
Ovary
48. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Perennial
Pollination
Species
Fertilizer
49. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Ground cover
Accident
Nutrient
50. Material used to control nematodes
Perlite
Soilless media
Container grown
Nematocide