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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






2. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem






3. Repeated features such as plants. These features have like shape - form - texture - and color.






4. Is breaking soil out of clods and breaking in finer clumps. Do this after you plow.






5. Always develop from a flower and has at least one ovary that has ripened






6. Below the A horizon - the ___ horizon is usually light colored layer - with clay particles having been leached or removed. Contains organic matter as well as iron oxides and aluminum.






7. What do roots do for the plant






8. By crops is dependent on the soils nutrient supply - the area of the root surface area and the root activity.






9. Have a two - year growth cycle






10. Should be used when mixed plantings are made during marginal planting periods.






11. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






12. Determine how long is an internodes length






13. Are plants that may live multiple years and may form flowers and seeds every year






14. Is a cyclic irrigation application that delivers water to land during a series of on and off time spans known as hydraulic surges.






15. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






16. This name is not always capitalized - in botany refers to a group of plants that can interbreed only among themselves






17. Come from effective components used to express a main idea through a consistent style






18. Full width tilage involving one or more trips during the soil surface is tilled. Done before or during planting.






19. Ripe ovaries or groups of ripened ovaries that contain seeds.






20. As in the sense of a plant part - is a structure that produces seeds.






21. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






22. Increase the roots capacity to absorb to water and nutrients






23. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






24. Are new of hybrid plants in which hybridization has been manipulated by humans






25. Pesticide is a capor or gas or it forms a cloud of vapor and gas when applied






26. Is moving liquid pesticide mixture through a filling hose and into a water source






27. Support stems






28. A condition in which wind or heat take too much water from a plant






29. A protective layer outside the surface of a leaf.






30. Pollinated from the same flower or other flowes on the same






31. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






32. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






33. Refers to how well a plant can survive cold temperatures






34. The system using two names to identify plants.






35. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.






36. Plants retain their leaces all year






37. Refers to plants with only male or female flower on a single plant such as hollies






38. Contain a strong primary root along with roots that branch out on the side






39. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.






40. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter






41. A technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions with an artificial medium that providing mechanical support.






42. Parent material that the wind transports






43. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






44. An embryo then develops inside a tissue that is protective and both layers are known as a






45. Help decrease the amount of excessive nutrients that can enter the water from storm runoff.






46. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






47. Is an equality in something visually attractive






48. The growing of roots into new soil that contacts available nutrients






49. Are inactive parts of pesticide used for diluting a pesticide or to make it safer - easier to mix - measure - apply or more effective.






50. Is a reference to the size of portions of the design in relation to one another.