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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. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Vegetative
Soil texture
Floriculture
Silt
2. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Variet
SAE
Seed
Propagation
3. Anything unwanted
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Perennial
Pest
Morphology
4. 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
Photosynthesis
Root
Proficiency
Balled and burlapped
5. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Tree
Silt
Nutrient
Herbicide
6. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Genus
Nomenclature
Propagation
LD
7. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Landscaping
Rodenticide
Proficiency
Evergreen
8. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Perennial
Vegetative
Hormones
Leaf
9. 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
Interiorscaping
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Proficiency
10. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Variet
Filament
Woody Plant
Stomata
11. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Leaf
Flower
Propagation
Biennial flower
12. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Interiorscaping
LD
Stigma
Shade tree
13. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Herbaceous plant
Horticulture
Olericulture
14. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Flower
Hardiness
Deciduous
Propagation
15. An index of the acidity of a substance
pH
Shade tree
Bare root
Risk
16. Working for someone else
Transpiration
Soilless media
Placement
Monocot
17. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Phosphorus
Stem
CDE
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
18. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Ornamental tree
Silt
Miticide
Container grown
19. A state of being free of danger and injury
Nutrient
Safety
Petal
Cellular respiration
20. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
CDE
Field grow
Balled and burlapped
Stem
21. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Potassium
Interiorscaping
Olericulture
Accident
22. An award for an individual's SAE
Cultivar
Pollination
Proficiency
Signal words
23. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Ground cover
Nitrogen
Biennial flower
Leaf
24. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Signal words
Herbicide
Fungicide
Style
25. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Horticulture
Pomology
Floriculture
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
26. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Potassium
Entrepreneur
Taxonomy
27. The reproductive organs of a plant
Flower
LD
Olericulture
Style
28. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Stamen
Signal words
Soil texture
Ovary
29. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Evergreen
Herbicide
Signal words
Ornamental tree
30. Material used to control insects
Ovary
Insecticide
Pesticide
Placement
31. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Entrepreneur
Growth regulators
Evergreen
Phosphorus
32. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Insecticide
Species
Deciduous
Molluscicide
33. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Pollination
Stem
Ovary
Horticulture
34. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Vegetative
Herbaceous plant
Landscaping
Potassium
35. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Molluscicide
Sexual
Root
Monocot
36. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Perlite
Clay
Soilless media
Fertilization
37. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Germination
Cellular respiration
pH
Molluscicide
38. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Container grown
Woody Plant
Evergreen
Dicot
39. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Fruit
Photosynthesis
Ground cover
Interiorscaping
40. 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
Ground cover
Horticulture
Nitrogen
Cultivar
41. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Vine
Container grown
Risk
Dicot
42. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Horticulture
Chloroplast
Miticide
Perlite
43. Material used to kill or repel pests
Pesticide
Tree
Germination
Interiorscaping
44. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Pollination
Ornamental horticulture
Herbaceous plant
Deciduous
45. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Vegetative
Fungicide
Species
Variet
46. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Biennial flower
Cultivar
Fruit
Interiorscaping
47. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Ground cover
Transpiration
Cultivar
Woody Plant
48. Supervised agriculture experience
Hormones
Organic matter
SAE
Germination
49. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Biennial flower
Variet
Ornamental tree
Annual flower
50. The primary growing point of the stem
Hardiness
Field grow
Apical meristem
Ornamental horticulture