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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






8. Parent material that the wind transports






9. Protect the plant






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






11. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






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






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






16. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






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






20. The female portion of a flower






21. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






23. The male portion of a flower






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






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






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






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






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






29. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






31. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






34. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






36. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






39. When light is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into plant food.






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






41. Formation of buds taking place.






42. Below the E horizon - the ___ horizon is where fine material has accumulated to create a dense layer in the soil. May be enriched with calcium carbonate in the form of a layer or nodule.






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






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






45. Is change that is gradual






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






47. A cluster or several flowers






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






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






50. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.