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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Refers to the first name used in binomial nomenclature. Capitalized word that refers to a plant cluster that has similarities that can be recognized easily.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Is change that is gradual






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






9. The female portion of a flower






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






11. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






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






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






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






17. Soil is undisturbed from harvest to planting - in strips up to 1/3 of the row width.






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






19. Is a wind - moved material that is silt - sized or smaller






20. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






22. Reducing a design to its simplest and most functional form.






23. The system using two names to identify plants.






24. Are organisms that can kill or reduce the ability to reporduce in other organisms






25. The system that allows the lifeblood or water - nutrients and food through the plant






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






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






28. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






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






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






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






34. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






37. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






40. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






43. Provide food for plants. absorb sunlight and transform it into food.






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






45. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






46. Refer in botanical use as the edible parts of plant - other than the flower






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






48. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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