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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Are new of hybrid plants in which hybridization has been manipulated by humans






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






3. 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.






4. Support stems






5. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






8. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






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






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






13. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






14. Leaf rust is a form of






15. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






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






26. Parent material that the wind transports






27. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






29. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






45. A cluster or several flowers






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






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






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






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






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