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






2. What do roots do for the plant






3. Parent material moved by gravity






4. Parent material that the wind transports






5. The system that moves water and minerals is called a






6. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






9. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






23. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






25. Are brightly colored forms in which leaves may be modified






26. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






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






31. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






35. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






38. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






39. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






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






43. Leaf rust is a form of






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






45. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






47. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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