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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. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Accident
Interiorscaping
Landscaping
Risk
2. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Herbicide
Petal
Miticide
Fertilization
3. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Root
Placement
Evergreen
Proficiency
4. Material used to control mites
Style
Perennial
Hazard
Miticide
5. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Variet
Clay
Potassium
Olericulture
6. 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
Cultivar
Vine
Pesticide
7. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Anther
Petal
Molluscicide
Ornamental tree
8. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Species
Deciduous
Interiorscaping
Shrub
9. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Soilless media
Shrub
Sexual
Propagation
10. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Shrub
Heat tolerance
Apical meristem
Nutrient
11. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Flower
Annual flower
Vine
LD
12. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Monocot
Sexual
Stamen
Ovary
13. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Perennial
Interiorscaping
Soilless media
Fungicide
14. The naming of organisms
Organic matter
Nomenclature
Ovary
Cultivar
15. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Petal
Horticulture
Potassium
Signal words
16. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Stigma
Peat moss
Woody Plant
Insecticide
17. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Fruit
Peat moss
Species
Pesticide
18. Material used to control undesirable plants
Apical meristem
Molluscicide
Floriculture
Herbicide
19. Material used to control insects
Genus
Insecticide
Asexual
Ovary
20. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Vermiculite
Balled and burlapped
Herbaceous plant
Landscaping
21. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Seed
Stigma
Taxonomy
Perlite
22. An index of the acidity of a substance
Petal
Potassium
Ornamental tree
pH
23. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Hazard
Ground cover
Root
Accident
24. 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
Balled and burlapped
Apical meristem
Cultivar
Variet
25. An award for an individual's SAE
Pesticide
Soil texture
Proficiency
Sepal
26. The reproductive organs of a plant
Anther
Nutrient
Biennial flower
Flower
27. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Asexual
Interiorscaping
Hormones
28. Material used to kill or repel pests
Pesticide
Container grown
Root
Nutrient
29. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Molluscicide
Taxonomy
Hardiness
Interiorscaping
30. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Cultivar
Shrub
Woody Plant
31. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Anther
Deciduous
Accident
32. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Fruit
Signal words
Hazard
Complete fertilizer
33. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Chloroplast
Vine
Genus
Fertilizer
34. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Pest
Sepal
Sand
Taxonomy
35. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Shrub
Root
Soil texture
Interiorscaping
36. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Sepal
Anther
Herbaceous plant
Signal words
37. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Germination
Molluscicide
Genus
CDE
38. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Pollination
Taxonomy
Root
Morphology
39. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Signal words
Variet
Fertilization
Shade tree
40. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
CDE
Molluscicide
Variet
41. A chemical element required for plant growth
Heat tolerance
Peat moss
Clay
Nutrient
42. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Organic matter
Perennial
Bare root
Chloroplast
43. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Vegetative
Placement
Interiorscaping
Germination
44. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Biennial flower
Heat tolerance
Horticulture
Complete fertilizer
45. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
CDE
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Shrub
Pest
46. Supervised agriculture experience
Interiorscaping
SAE
Insecticide
Nomenclature
47. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Nomenclature
Organic matter
Pistil
Peat moss
48. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Cultivar
Tree
Interiorscaping
Proficiency
49. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Fertilizer
Taxonomy
Nutrient
Clay
50. The primary growing point of the stem
Deciduous
Petal
Apical meristem
Asexual