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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • 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 condition in which wind or heat take too much water from a plant






2. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






5. What do roots do for the plant






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






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






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






9. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






11. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






12. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






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






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






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






18. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. A cluster or several flowers






26. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






36. 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.






37. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






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






41. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






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






45. Plants retain their leaces all year






46. The male portion of a flower






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






48. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






50. Is moving liquid pesticide mixture through a filling hose and into a water source