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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. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Sepal
Balled and burlapped
Accident
Container grown
2. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Hormones
Annual flower
Horticulture
Evergreen
3. The beginning of growth from a seed
Landscaping
Hazard
Germination
Pest
4. 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
Clay
Fertilization
Chloroplast
5. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Soilless media
Stigma
Bare root
6. A state of being free of danger and injury
Heat tolerance
Petal
Safety
Clay
7. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Pistil
Pesticide
Pest
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
8. A soft - nonmetallic element
Horticulture
LD
Shade tree
Phosphorus
9. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Entrepreneur
Clay
Signal words
Stomata
10. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Hazard
Peat moss
Hormones
Clay
11. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Hazard
Complete fertilizer
Stem
Floriculture
12. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Monocot
Vermiculite
Hazard
Container grown
13. 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
Peat moss
Dicot
Insecticide
Cultivar
14. Material used to control insects
Nitrogen
Herbaceous plant
Soil texture
Insecticide
15. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Organic matter
Placement
Interiorscaping
Accident
16. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Silt
Sepal
Field grow
Genus
17. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Complete fertilizer
Growth regulators
Landscaping
Nitrogen
18. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Germination
Placement
Olericulture
Morphology
19. The reproductive organs of a plant
Filament
Vermiculite
Flower
Fertilization
20. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Perlite
Rodenticide
Stamen
Ground cover
21. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Signal words
Pistil
Transpiration
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
22. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Clay
Hardiness
Organic matter
Entrepreneur
23. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Perlite
Filament
Shade tree
Pollination
24. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Insecticide
Interiorscaping
Fertilization
Floriculture
25. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Perlite
Interiorscaping
Potassium
26. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Nutrient
Shrub
Vine
pH
27. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Soil texture
Ground cover
Miticide
28. An award for an individual's SAE
Dicot
Field grow
Proficiency
Potassium
29. Exposure to danger or harm
SAE
Phosphorus
Hardiness
Hazard
30. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Seed
Morphology
Germination
Sepal
31. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Fruit
Landscaping
Interiorscaping
Pesticide
32. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Interiorscaping
Organic matter
Rodenticide
Annual flower
33. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Sexual
Fungicide
Propagation
Stomata
34. The naming of organisms
Morphology
Nomenclature
Shade tree
Placement
35. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Soil texture
Fertilization
Ornamental tree
Complete fertilizer
36. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Pollination
Stem
Growth regulators
Pistil
37. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Perlite
Nomenclature
Field grow
Tree
38. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Morphology
Chloroplast
Sexual
Olericulture
39. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Sand
Seed
LD
CDE
40. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Pomology
Shrub
Complete fertilizer
41. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Ornamental tree
Soilless media
Sand
Evergreen
42. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Ornamental horticulture
Growth regulators
Soil texture
Apical meristem
43. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Potassium
Perennial
Organic matter
Fertilizer
44. Working for someone else
pH
Placement
Monocot
Shade tree
45. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Evergreen
Nomenclature
Fertilization
Rodenticide
46. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Morphology
Pomology
Hormones
Genus
47. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
Heat tolerance
Sexual
pH
Pesticide
48. Material used to control nematodes
Nematocide
Filament
Balled and burlapped
Interiorscaping
49. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Soil texture
Risk
Germination
Container grown
50. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Nutrient
Peat moss
Ovary
Seed