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Horticulture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Molluscicide
Placement
Herbaceous plant
Style
2. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug without taking soil from the field
Bare root
Vegetative
Deciduous
Insecticide
3. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)
Petal
CDE
Vegetative
Complete fertilizer
4. Chemical reaction in which stored food energy is made available for plants and animals
Rodenticide
Pomology
Cellular respiration
Fertilization
5. Lethal dose
LD
Herbaceous plant
Species
Hardiness
6. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Transpiration
Silt
Petal
Signal words
7. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Cultivar
Ground cover
Deciduous
Perlite
8. Plants with one cotyledon - flower parts usually in multiples of three - leaf venation usually parallel - no secondary growth - vascular bundles scattered in the stem
Shrub
Monocot
Nitrogen
Fertilizer
9. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Silt
Shrub
Perlite
pH
10. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Sexual
SAE
Hormones
Stamen
11. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Potassium
Container grown
Interiorscaping
Shrub
12. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Stem
Floriculture
Stomata
Hormones
13. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Miticide
Olericulture
pH
Asexual
14. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Style
Stomata
Stigma
Pistil
15. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Nomenclature
Herbicide
Anther
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
16. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Insecticide
Container grown
Stigma
17. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
Insecticide
Chloroplast
Evergreen
18. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Vermiculite
Accident
Growth regulators
Petal
19. 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
Variet
Balled and burlapped
Seed
Root
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
Balled and burlapped
CDE
Shade tree
Growth regulators
21. One who works for oneself
Entrepreneur
Bare root
Leaf
Stomata
22. A substance used to control rodents
Rodenticide
Vine
Ornamental horticulture
Transpiration
23. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Filament
Shade tree
Propagation
Woody Plant
24. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Perlite
Perennial
Interiorscaping
Molluscicide
25. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Safety
Soilless media
Phosphorus
26. Decayed remains of plants and animals
Soil texture
Ground cover
Stamen
Organic matter
27. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping
Stem
Interiorscaping
Root
Shrub
28. Career Development Event
Fruit
Peat moss
CDE
Risk
29. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Clay
Nematocide
Germination
Flower
30. The male reproductive parts of a flower
Soil texture
LD
Stamen
Pistil
31. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
Stem
Complete fertilizer
Apical meristem
Growth regulators
32. Exposure to danger or harm
Clay
Vermiculite
Ornamental horticulture
Hazard
33. A state of being free of danger and injury
Leaf
Safety
Horticulture
Perennial
34. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Variet
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Root
Morphology
35. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Perennial
Peat moss
Herbicide
36. The water loss from plant tissues
Biennial flower
Transpiration
Phosphorus
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
37. Anything unwanted
Landscaping
Transpiration
Pest
Bare root
38. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Shrub
Floriculture
Style
Organic matter
39. A chemical element required for plant growth
Nutrient
Pesticide
Safety
Shade tree
40. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Accident
Species
Molluscicide
Stem
41. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Bare root
Sand
Landscaping
Monocot
42. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons
Biennial flower
Vermiculite
Perlite
Accident
43. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Herbicide
Ornamental horticulture
Interiorscaping
Container grown
44. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Placement
Fertilization
Rodenticide
Apical meristem
45. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Interiorscaping
CDE
Anther
Nitrogen
46. The naming of organisms
Nomenclature
Hazard
Pomology
Monocot
47. A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Balled and burlapped
Annual flower
Stigma
48. A soft - nonmetallic element
Molluscicide
Accident
Phosphorus
Vermiculite
49. Multi-stem - woody plants that do not exceed 20 feet in height
Shrub
Stamen
Transpiration
Dicot
50. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Stomata
Tree
Balled and burlapped
Chloroplast