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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. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ornamental horticulture
Potassium
Vine
2. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Signal words
Vegetative
Floriculture
Clay
3. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Vine
Vegetative
Field grow
Ground cover
4. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Apical meristem
Morphology
Complete fertilizer
Interiorscaping
5. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Pomology
Sexual
Nomenclature
Horticulture
6. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Vine
Filament
Sepal
pH
7. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Fruit
Phosphorus
Seed
Entrepreneur
8. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Balled and burlapped
Filament
Biennial flower
Signal words
9. Lethal dose
Ovary
Molluscicide
Vine
LD
10. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Vine
Fertilizer
Vegetative
Nitrogen
11. A state of being free of danger and injury
Leaf
Entrepreneur
Safety
Sand
12. Material used to kill or repel pests
Perlite
Genus
Organic matter
Pesticide
13. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Potassium
Stamen
Propagation
14. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Stamen
Perennial
Potassium
Annual flower
15. An award for an individual's SAE
Sepal
Proficiency
Stamen
Safety
16. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Vegetative
Sand
Stamen
Horticulture
17. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
LD
Stigma
Genus
Entrepreneur
18. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Molluscicide
Soilless media
Insecticide
Stamen
19. Material used to control undesirable plants
Herbicide
Flower
Heat tolerance
Annual flower
20. 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
Morphology
Species
Nematocide
Balled and burlapped
21. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Ovary
Bare root
Pomology
Stigma
22. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Accident
Bare root
Rodenticide
Placement
23. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Stigma
Interiorscaping
Biennial flower
Herbicide
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
Cultivar
Anther
Accident
Risk
25. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
Pomology
Species
Growth regulators
26. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Pesticide
Peat moss
Leaf
Herbaceous plant
27. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Evergreen
Interiorscaping
Growth regulators
Filament
28. 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
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
SAE
Nematocide
29. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Chloroplast
Deciduous
Heat tolerance
Potassium
30. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Proficiency
Floriculture
Pistil
31. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Interiorscaping
Field grow
Photosynthesis
LD
32. Large trees with spreading canopies
Shade tree
Species
Germination
Photosynthesis
33. The beginning of growth from a seed
Germination
Nutrient
Growth regulators
Leaf
34. The reproductive organs of a plant
Cellular respiration
Sand
Ornamental horticulture
Flower
35. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Pistil
Risk
Growth regulators
Rodenticide
36. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Hazard
Fertilizer
Container grown
Monocot
37. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Chloroplast
Style
Organic matter
Genus
38. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Pomology
Germination
Hormones
Interiorscaping
39. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Soilless media
Stomata
Variet
LD
40. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Miticide
Asexual
Soil texture
Leaf
41. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Vine
Molluscicide
CDE
42. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Biennial flower
Landscaping
Ground cover
Propagation
43. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Field grow
Vine
Apical meristem
44. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Genus
Nitrogen
Stem
Pistil
45. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Herbicide
Species
Perennial
Ornamental horticulture
46. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Morphology
Clay
Perlite
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
47. Exposure to danger or harm
Pomology
Hazard
Ornamental tree
pH
48. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Hazard
SAE
pH
Fungicide
49. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
Germination
Stigma
Field grow
Fungicide
50. 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
Field grow
Tree
Fertilization
Photosynthesis