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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. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Pistil
Stigma
Soil texture
Stem
2. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
pH
Bare root
Pollination
Stamen
3. 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
Biennial flower
Dicot
Monocot
Species
4. The primary growing point of the stem
Tree
Flower
Ovary
Apical meristem
5. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat
Landscaping
Seed
Field grow
Stomata
6. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Stomata
Germination
Interiorscaping
Landscaping
7. 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
Vine
Olericulture
Cellular respiration
8. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Annual flower
Vermiculite
Olericulture
Root
9. Anything unwanted
Petal
Pest
Molluscicide
Herbicide
10. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Nomenclature
Flower
Taxonomy
Woody Plant
11. An event that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally
Leaf
Growth regulators
Ornamental tree
Accident
12. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Peat moss
Taxonomy
Bare root
13. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Interiorscaping
Risk
Deciduous
Transpiration
14. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Olericulture
Placement
Ornamental horticulture
Interiorscaping
15. A state of being free of danger and injury
SAE
Pest
Safety
Ground cover
16. The ability of a plant to withstand cold temperatures
Container grown
Sexual
Hardiness
Nutrient
17. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Soil texture
Flower
Rodenticide
Phosphorus
18. Exposure to danger or harm
Hazard
Ornamental tree
Dicot
Fungicide
19. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Field grow
Nomenclature
Stigma
Stamen
20. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Herbaceous plant
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
CDE
Photosynthesis
21. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Evergreen
Cellular respiration
Cultivar
Ornamental horticulture
22. 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
Pest
Stem
Cultivar
Apical meristem
23. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Transpiration
Evergreen
Nitrogen
Filament
24. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Genus
Nomenclature
Field grow
Peat moss
25. Working for someone else
Placement
CDE
Perennial
Peat moss
26. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Sand
Complete fertilizer
Shrub
Petal
27. Career Development Event
CDE
Potassium
Woody Plant
Leaf
28. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need
Fertilizer
Morphology
pH
Pesticide
29. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Vine
Fungicide
Entrepreneur
Petal
30. A soft - nonmetallic element
Shrub
Vine
Phosphorus
Potassium
31. A chemical element required for plant growth
Ornamental horticulture
Nutrient
Petal
Evergreen
32. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Pesticide
Tree
Pest
Safety
33. A substance used to control rodents
Hazard
Rodenticide
Vine
LD
34. Growing media that lack any mineral soil
Complete fertilizer
Soilless media
Germination
Herbicide
35. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Shade tree
Propagation
Soil texture
36. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Annual flower
Ornamental tree
Asexual
Proficiency
37. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Proficiency
Insecticide
Perennial
Placement
38. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Entrepreneur
SAE
Leaf
Photosynthesis
39. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Miticide
Pesticide
Signal words
Nomenclature
40. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident
Bare root
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Floriculture
Phosphorus
41. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Phosphorus
Filament
Sexual
Transpiration
42. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Cultivar
Anther
pH
Hormones
43. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Pollination
Risk
Balled and burlapped
Deciduous
44. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Dicot
Leaf
Fertilizer
Silt
45. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Cellular respiration
Insecticide
Filament
Complete fertilizer
46. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Nitrogen
Molluscicide
Variet
Leaf
47. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Ornamental horticulture
Proficiency
Landscaping
48. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Cultivar
Annual flower
Sexual
Proficiency
49. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Pollination
Container grown
Sexual
Molluscicide
50. Lethal dose
Herbaceous plant
CDE
Fruit
LD