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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. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Cellular respiration
Seed
Sepal
Monocot
2. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Woody Plant
Shrub
Variet
Hardiness
3. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Anther
Fertilization
Growth regulators
Horticulture
4. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Herbicide
Soilless media
Asexual
Species
5. A state of being free of danger and injury
Olericulture
Balled and burlapped
Proficiency
Safety
6. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Fruit
Ground cover
Rodenticide
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
7. The beginning of growth from a seed
Nutrient
Soil texture
Germination
Shade tree
8. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Fungicide
Bare root
Ornamental horticulture
Pest
9. An index of the acidity of a substance
pH
Root
Flower
Clay
10. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
pH
Phosphorus
Species
11. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Nutrient
Petal
Placement
Style
12. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Stigma
Stomata
Petal
Anther
13. Working for someone else
Cellular respiration
Placement
Seed
Woody Plant
14. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Cultivar
Clay
Vegetative
Balled and burlapped
15. The water loss from plant tissues
Transpiration
Germination
Photosynthesis
Growth regulators
16. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Field grow
Asexual
Bare root
Vermiculite
17. 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
Vine
Fertilization
Nematocide
Balled and burlapped
18. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Complete fertilizer
Ovary
Fertilizer
Fruit
19. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Photosynthesis
Variet
Sand
Stigma
20. 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
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Root
Horticulture
SAE
21. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Perennial
Style
Herbaceous plant
22. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Nutrient
Interiorscaping
Leaf
Signal words
23. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Rodenticide
Seed
Perlite
Shade tree
24. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Sand
Fertilization
Nutrient
Phosphorus
25. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Clay
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Growth regulators
26. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Ground cover
Risk
Organic matter
Soilless media
27. The primary growing point of the stem
Safety
Nitrogen
Apical meristem
Pollination
28. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Soil texture
Variet
Annual flower
Miticide
29. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Vermiculite
Perlite
Deciduous
30. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Tree
Pistil
Fertilizer
Filament
31. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Variet
Shade tree
Signal words
Organic matter
32. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Ovary
Anther
Hormones
Molluscicide
33. Large trees with spreading canopies
Floriculture
Genus
Pollination
Shade tree
34. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Placement
Biennial flower
Complete fertilizer
Asexual
35. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Anther
Herbicide
Ornamental tree
Deciduous
36. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Complete fertilizer
Soilless media
Perennial
37. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Propagation
Chloroplast
Style
Shrub
38. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Flower
Soil texture
Photosynthesis
Entrepreneur
39. 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
Signal words
Morphology
Cultivar
Monocot
40. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Placement
Complete fertilizer
Risk
Woody Plant
41. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Interiorscaping
Herbaceous plant
Soil texture
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
42. Anything unwanted
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pest
Chloroplast
Vegetative
43. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Pomology
Perennial
Genus
Pollination
44. The naming of organisms
Fruit
Nomenclature
Fertilizer
Style
45. Material used to control undesirable plants
Ground cover
Root
Accident
Herbicide
46. Material used to control nematodes
Perennial
Herbaceous plant
Signal words
Nematocide
47. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Vegetative
Nitrogen
Field grow
Ovary
48. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Shade tree
Balled and burlapped
Horticulture
49. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Herbaceous plant
Ovary
Rodenticide
Pomology
50. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Sexual
Vegetative
Landscaping
Root