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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A cluster or several flowers






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






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






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






5. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






15. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






17. Is an equality in something visually attractive






18. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






21. Is change that is gradual






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






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






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






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






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






27. Parent material moved by gravity






28. When soil detaches from a portion of the soil profile or the surface of the soil






29. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






30. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






32. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






34. What do roots do for the plant






35. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






36. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






37. The part of the system that moves the food is known as the






38. One of several conservation tillage types used to cover 30 percent or more of pasture with crop residue.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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






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