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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Always develop from a flower and has at least one ovary that has ripened






2. A cluster or several flowers






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






6. The loss of water by plants from both evaporation and transpiration.






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






8. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






9. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






11. The system using two names to identify plants.






12. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






14. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






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






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






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






20. Plants that live their entire life cycle n one growing season






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






22. Refers to the movement through the soil of molecules.






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






24. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






27. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






28. The female portion of a flower






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






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






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






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






33. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






36. Leaf rust is a form of






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






38. Are plants grouped because of its ability to grow in girth






39. Is movement of nutrients to the surfaces of roots through water movement in the soil.






40. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






41. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down






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






43. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.






44. The ___ horizon tops the profile and contains mostly organic matter - with a decomposed vegetation structure that enriches the soil with nutrients and helps it retain moisture.






45. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor






46. Parent material that the wind transports






47. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






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