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






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






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






4. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Is change that is gradual






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






13. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






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






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






17. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






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






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






22. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






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






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






27. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






29. Protect the plant






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






31. Parent material that the wind transports






32. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






40. Have a two - year growth cycle






41. 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.






42. What do roots do for the plant






43. 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.






44. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






48. Support stems






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






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