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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. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Interiorscaping
Herbaceous plant
Miticide
2. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Perennial
Balled and burlapped
Growth regulators
Pistil
3. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Pest
Silt
Container grown
Nitrogen
4. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Chloroplast
Herbicide
Vegetative
Phosphorus
5. The naming of organisms
Propagation
Variet
Nomenclature
LD
6. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Petal
Sepal
Annual flower
Landscaping
7. 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
Nematocide
Balled and burlapped
Germination
Hazard
8. The beginning of growth from a seed
Petal
Field grow
Germination
Container grown
9. Woody or herbaceous plant that forms a mat less than 1 foot high covering the ground
Miticide
Apical meristem
Ground cover
Herbicide
10. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Chloroplast
Root
Pesticide
11. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Interiorscaping
Hormones
Floriculture
Morphology
12. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Pistil
Stomata
Growth regulators
Hardiness
13. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Species
Risk
Chloroplast
Biennial flower
14. Anything unwanted
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Pest
Bare root
Monocot
15. Supervised agriculture experience
Monocot
Sepal
SAE
Anther
16. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Molluscicide
Style
Perennial
Propagation
17. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Shade tree
Annual flower
Nematocide
SAE
18. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Ground cover
Growth regulators
Olericulture
Heat tolerance
19. 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
Silt
Field grow
Pomology
20. 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
Evergreen
Risk
Pistil
21. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Dicot
Monocot
Cellular respiration
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
22. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Silt
Deciduous
Ground cover
Pomology
23. Working for someone else
Species
Placement
Nomenclature
Ground cover
24. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Annual flower
Soilless media
Soil texture
Stigma
25. An award for an individual's SAE
Deciduous
Proficiency
Stem
Fertilizer
26. A substance used to control rodents
Species
LD
Safety
Rodenticide
27. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Safety
Pollination
Perlite
Apical meristem
28. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Style
Container grown
Deciduous
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
29. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Cellular respiration
Genus
Miticide
Pest
30. A state of being free of danger and injury
Insecticide
Organic matter
Stomata
Safety
31. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures
CDE
Pistil
Heat tolerance
Ovary
32. Material used to control undesirable plants
Phosphorus
Herbicide
Nomenclature
Genus
33. The pores or openings in the epidermis of a leaf that allow the exchange of oxygen - carbon dioxide - and water vapor
Organic matter
Soil texture
Stomata
Field grow
34. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Dicot
Fertilization
Potassium
Molluscicide
35. An index of the acidity of a substance
Herbicide
Accident
pH
Genus
36. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Shrub
Molluscicide
Sand
Morphology
37. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Species
Pistil
Horticulture
Ornamental horticulture
38. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Molluscicide
Tree
SAE
Apical meristem
39. 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
Hardiness
Germination
Cultivar
Apical meristem
40. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Root
Biennial flower
Dicot
Hormones
41. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Leaf
Soilless media
Signal words
Seed
42. Exposure to danger or harm
Propagation
Deciduous
Hazard
Taxonomy
43. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Nutrient
Stamen
Interiorscaping
44. The primary growing point of the stem
Sexual
Apical meristem
Propagation
Seed
45. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Pesticide
Ornamental tree
Vermiculite
46. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
Peat moss
Fruit
Signal words
47. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Nematocide
Propagation
Herbicide
Cultivar
48. The reproductive organs of a plant
Taxonomy
Ground cover
Chloroplast
Flower
49. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Miticide
Sexual
Flower
Entrepreneur
50. The stalk-like part of the stamen that holds the anther
Proficiency
Filament
Nutrient
Potassium