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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. Increase the roots capacity to absorb to water and nutrients






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






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






4. Have a two - year growth cycle






5. What do roots do for the plant






6. Examples os plants classified by growth patterns - have conducting rubes throughout their stems






7. Uses a variety of combinations to control pest - generally one that does the least harm to the pest of the environment.






8. Materials that are moved by streams and deposited into fresh water.






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






10. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






11. The system using two names to identify plants.






12. Parent material that the wind transports






13. In design comes from elements creating a feeling of motion that can lead the eyes of a viewer through or beyond the area designed.






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






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






16. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






17. Below the O horizon - the __ horizon is where the mineral soil begins. It combines organic matter with weathered products.






18. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






19. The opposite of photosynthesis - uses food and oxygen to change chemical energy into heat for plants.






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






21. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






23. A process in which nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia.






24. Materials developing or weathering in place and are not transported






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






26. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






27. Are a man made means of treating water through natural processes using plants - animals - microorganisms and the environment itself.






28. Determine how long is an internodes length






29. Are the smallest known living organisms that may reporuce and live apart from other living organisms.






30. Trunks for a plant. support leaves - fruits - and flowers. May also take in nutrients and store food.






31. Is leading a visual observation toward a certain feature by planting the feature at a vanishing point that is between radial or approaching straight lines.






32. The female portion of a flower






33. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






34. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






36. Which holds and captures pollen - and the style.






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






38. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






39. Plants retain their leaces all year






40. The only vegetable used as a fruit






41. In a tomato is from a fast uptake of water such as from sownpurs or excessive watering.






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






43. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash






44. 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.






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






46. Is an equality in something visually attractive






47. Occurs when pollen is carried from one plant to another






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






49. When light is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into plant food.






50. For each field should then be analyzed based on the soil productivity and management that is intended.