Hort 6 voc seed Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Capillary action | movement of water upward through narrow spaces in the soil |
| Cross pollination | a process in which pollen of one plant unites with the egg of a different plant |
| Dibble | a tool used for making a hole for transplanting seedlings |
| Direct seeding | planting seeds in a permanent growing site |
| Embryo | a new plant that is developed as a result of fertilaiztion |
| Endosperm | the food supply for the young developing seedling which is contained in the seed. |
| Germinate | to sprout or begin to grow |
| Hardening off | gradually subjecting plants to more difficult growing conditions to prepare them for transplanting |
| Hybrid | an offspring of two different varieties of one plant which possesses certain characteristics of each parent. |
| Indirect seeding | a process in which seed is sown in a separate place from there the plants will eventually grow. |
| Micropropagation | another name for tissue culture |
| Named varieties | specific individual strains of one type of plant which have been named to indicate their particular traits |
| Peat moss | - partially decomposed vegetation usually from bogs that has a high water holding capacity |
| Perlite | a white granular material used to help loosen or open up spaces in rooting media |
| Pollen | male sex cells in plants |
| Primed | when seed are enhanced for better germination and development |
| Propagate | to increase in number or to reproduce |
| Seed coat | the outer covering of the seed |
| Seedling | young plants that have been germinated several days |
| Self pollination | fertilization of a plant with its own pollen |
| Sexual | reproduction involving male and female sex cells |
| Sphagnum moss | similiar to peat moss |
| Tissue culture | new method for rapidly reproducing plants using terminal bud tissue |
| True to seed | reproducing offspring from seed which are nearly exact duplicated of the plant |
| Vermiculite | a light material with a neutral pH used to increase the moisture-holding capacity of media |
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