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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. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Pomology
Heat tolerance
Signal words
Growth regulators
2. Material used to kill or repel pests
Interiorscaping
Pesticide
Landscaping
Photosynthesis
3. A state of being free of danger and injury
Field grow
Safety
Insecticide
Heat tolerance
4. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Proficiency
Biennial flower
Perlite
Root
5. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Proficiency
Chloroplast
Biennial flower
Soilless media
6. The beginning of growth from a seed
Balled and burlapped
Tree
Soil texture
Germination
7. Exposure to danger or harm
pH
Hazard
Proficiency
Hormones
8. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Stamen
Apical meristem
Complete fertilizer
Ovary
9. One who works for oneself
Pollination
Vine
Growth regulators
Entrepreneur
10. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Sand
Proficiency
Species
11. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
Vine
Transpiration
Genus
12. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
LD
Taxonomy
Balled and burlapped
Ovary
13. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Nematocide
Fruit
Monocot
Ornamental tree
14. Working for someone else
Placement
Deciduous
Anther
Apical meristem
15. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Stomata
Perlite
Nomenclature
Vine
16. The primary growing point of the stem
Entrepreneur
Fungicide
Bare root
Apical meristem
17. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Balled and burlapped
Vermiculite
Ground cover
18. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Safety
Petal
Perlite
Nitrogen
19. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Herbaceous plant
Interiorscaping
Tree
Style
20. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Monocot
Field grow
Apical meristem
21. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Hardiness
pH
Complete fertilizer
Stomata
22. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Chloroplast
Nutrient
Cellular respiration
Molluscicide
23. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Fertilization
Ground cover
Herbicide
24. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Container grown
Soil texture
Hardiness
Asexual
25. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Biennial flower
Tree
Heat tolerance
Safety
26. An award for an individual's SAE
Pomology
Complete fertilizer
Seed
Proficiency
27. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Stamen
Organic matter
Germination
Stomata
28. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
SAE
Interiorscaping
Sand
Olericulture
29. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
CDE
Fruit
Signal words
Nitrogen
30. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Bare root
Cellular respiration
Hormones
Pollination
31. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Floriculture
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
LD
Leaf
32. 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
Peat moss
Transpiration
LD
33. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
LD
Hazard
Clay
Horticulture
34. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Cultivar
Growth regulators
Vine
35. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Taxonomy
Landscaping
Leaf
Cellular respiration
36. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Vegetative
Miticide
Clay
Phosphorus
37. Large trees with spreading canopies
Filament
Species
Shade tree
Vegetative
38. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Complete fertilizer
Accident
Sepal
Ornamental tree
39. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Filament
Morphology
Field grow
SAE
40. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
SAE
Soil texture
Landscaping
Sepal
41. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Ground cover
Insecticide
Fertilizer
Landscaping
42. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Asexual
Soilless media
Photosynthesis
43. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Hormones
Photosynthesis
LD
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
Cultivar
Proficiency
Petal
Photosynthesis
45. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Pistil
Fertilizer
Molluscicide
Vine
46. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Fungicide
Fertilizer
Fertilization
Horticulture
47. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Perlite
Woody Plant
Sexual
Photosynthesis
48. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Nematocide
Bare root
Genus
49. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Stigma
Fruit
Soil texture
Ground cover
50. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Pistil
Chloroplast
Signal words
Petal