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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. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Photosynthesis
Herbicide
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Fertilizer
2. One who works for oneself
Flower
Perennial
Balled and burlapped
Entrepreneur
3. Cultivated plants within a species that show a significant difference from other plants in the species
Shrub
CDE
Asexual
Variet
4. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Style
Ground cover
Morphology
Root
5. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Sepal
Asexual
Pollination
6. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Flower
Chloroplast
Fertilizer
7. 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
Asexual
Anther
Apical meristem
Root
8. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Placement
Pistil
LD
Bare root
9. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Ovary
Tree
Germination
Ornamental tree
10. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Sepal
Ornamental horticulture
Hazard
Heat tolerance
11. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Pistil
Vine
Perennial
12. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Stigma
LD
Germination
Annual flower
13. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
Root
Clay
Genus
Soilless media
14. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Stem
Hardiness
Germination
15. Material used to control undesirable plants
Hardiness
Herbicide
Morphology
Interiorscaping
16. A substance used to control rodents
Leaf
Rodenticide
Cellular respiration
Soil texture
17. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Petal
Soilless media
Balled and burlapped
18. An award for an individual's SAE
Rodenticide
Stamen
Soil texture
Proficiency
19. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Ovary
Pistil
Ground cover
Seed
20. Working for someone else
Proficiency
Insecticide
Leaf
Placement
21. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Filament
Balled and burlapped
Hardiness
Pollination
22. Supervised agriculture experience
SAE
Nematocide
Container grown
Woody Plant
23. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Deciduous
Morphology
Monocot
Growth regulators
24. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Vermiculite
Fertilization
Soil texture
Hardiness
25. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Variet
Floriculture
SAE
Petal
26. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Soil texture
Nematocide
Interiorscaping
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
27. Anything unwanted
Organic matter
Pollination
Fruit
Pest
28. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Complete fertilizer
Species
Herbicide
Fertilizer
29. A state of being free of danger and injury
Container grown
Stamen
Safety
Hormones
30. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Pollination
Propagation
Organic matter
Growth regulators
31. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Miticide
Anther
Taxonomy
Stamen
32. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Fertilization
Stem
Apical meristem
33. A soft - nonmetallic element
Potassium
Pesticide
Stomata
Phosphorus
34. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Woody Plant
Hormones
Variet
Complete fertilizer
35. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Fungicide
Nutrient
Field grow
Growth regulators
36. Material used to control mites
Herbaceous plant
Soil texture
Soilless media
Miticide
37. The water loss from plant tissues
Germination
Transpiration
Petal
Pollination
38. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Morphology
Shrub
Cellular respiration
Fruit
39. The primary growing point of the stem
Ovary
Entrepreneur
Apical meristem
Proficiency
40. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Signal words
Monocot
Pest
41. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Chloroplast
Cellular respiration
Shrub
Silt
42. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Molluscicide
Seed
Organic matter
Tree
43. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Woody Plant
Monocot
Fertilizer
Biennial flower
44. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Ornamental tree
Biennial flower
Vine
Complete fertilizer
45. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Olericulture
Chloroplast
Placement
Floriculture
46. A chemical element required for plant growth
Landscaping
Fertilizer
Nutrient
Vine
47. 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
Variet
Potassium
Nematocide
Balled and burlapped
48. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Herbaceous plant
Soilless media
Stigma
Morphology
49. 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
Sepal
Dicot
Hormones
Sexual
50. The reproductive body of a seed plant consisting of one or more seeds and usually various protective and supporting structures
Transpiration
Fruit
Miticide
Tree