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Praxis Plant Science Botany
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praxis
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botany
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Always develop from a flower and has at least one ovary that has ripened
Evapotranspiration
Ridge till
Fruit
Diffusion
2. A cluster or several flowers
Stems
Erosion
Multiple fruits.
Nutrient management plans
3. 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.
Cultivars
Decidious
Focalization
Evapotranspiration
4. 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.
Spines
E horizon
Cross pollinization
O horizon
5. Flowers with several simple pistils formed
O horizon
Integrated pest management
Harrowing
Aggregate fruits
6. The loss of water by plants from both evaporation and transpiration.
Compaction
Aggregate fruits
Evapotranspiration
Proportion
7. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.
Varities
Perennials
Biennial
A horizon
8. Have numerous roots that are branched out.
Cotyledons
Fibrous roots
Aggregates
Mulch - Till
9. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato
Stigma
Unity
Active ingredients
Catface
10. A process in which nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia.
Natural enemies
Nitrogen fixation
Respiration
Spines
11. The system using two names to identify plants.
Nodes
Binomial nomenclature
Erosion
E horizon
12. Are those chemicals that control a target pest
Varities
Blossom - end rot
Mass bulk/flow
Active ingredients
13. This name is not always capitalized - in botany refers to a group of plants that can interbreed only among themselves
Annuals
Surge flow
Flowers
Specific epithet
14. Plants retain their leaces all year
Seed
Evergreen
Cambium
Parent material
15. A technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions with an artificial medium that providing mechanical support.
Companion crops
Hydroponics
Binomial nomenclature
Rhythm
16. Examples os plants classified by growth patterns - have conducting rubes throughout their stems
Vascular system
Cotyledons
Compaction
Monocots
17. Is a reference to the size of portions of the design in relation to one another.
Dioecious
Focalization
Proportion
Mycoplasmas
18. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter
Rhythm
Aggregates
Decidious
Cross pollinization
19. Repeated features such as plants. These features have like shape - form - texture - and color.
Harrowing
Repetition
Cultivars
Insert ingredients
20. Plants that live their entire life cycle n one growing season
Diffusion
Natural enemies
Harrowing
Annuals
21. Is breaking soil out of clods and breaking in finer clumps. Do this after you plow.
Active ingredients
Erosion
Sunscald
Harrowing
22. Refers to the movement through the soil of molecules.
Active ingredients
Buds
Diffusion
Parent material
23. In a tomato is from a fast uptake of water such as from sownpurs or excessive watering.
Seed
Fruit cracking
Varities
Loess
24. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate
Self - sterile
Cotyledons
O horizon
Vegetable
25. Are plants that may live multiple years and may form flowers and seeds every year
Tillage
Taproots
Perennials
Root hairs
26. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash
Leaves
Eolian
Respiration
Monoecious
27. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates
Insert ingredients
Tillage
Taproots
Annuals
28. The female portion of a flower
Genus
Back - siphoning
Biennial
Pistil
29. Ripe ovaries or groups of ripened ovaries that contain seeds.
No - till
Respiration
Fruits
Erosion
30. Occurs when pollen is carried from one plant to another
Cross pollinization
Colluvium
Nitrogen fixation
Seed
31. A protective layer outside the surface of a leaf.
Taproots
Hydroponics
Flowers
Cuticle
32. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.
Proportion
Plant hardiness
Parent material
Aggregates
33. Is an equality in something visually attractive
Surge flow
Rhubarb
Harrowing
Balance
34. The opposite of photosynthesis - uses food and oxygen to change chemical energy into heat for plants.
Blossom - end rot
Cuticle
Respiration
Ridge till
35. Are a man made means of treating water through natural processes using plants - animals - microorganisms and the environment itself.
Stomata
E horizon
Constructed wetlands
Parent material
36. Leaf rust is a form of
Fungi
Insert ingredients
Transpiration
Flowers
37. Are inactive parts of pesticide used for diluting a pesticide or to make it safer - easier to mix - measure - apply or more effective.
Insert ingredients
Yield potential
Rhythm
Varities
38. Are plants grouped because of its ability to grow in girth
Balance
Dicots
Active ingredients
Vegetable
39. Is movement of nutrients to the surfaces of roots through water movement in the soil.
Stigma
No - till
Varities
Mass bulk/flow
40. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.
xylem
Cambium
Parent material
Specific epithet
41. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down
Buds
Compaction
Focalization
Tendils
42. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem
Fruits
Cambium
xylem
Buds
43. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.
Erosion
Seed
Vascular system
Blossom - end rot
44. 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.
Fruit
O horizon
Aggregates
Integrated pest management
45. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor
Sunscald
Vegetable
Stomata
Cambium
46. Parent material that the wind transports
Buds
Repetition
Eolian
O horizon
47. Determine how long is an internodes length
Cross pollinization
Temperature and light
Taproots
Transpiration
48. Come from effective components used to express a main idea through a consistent style
Unity
Taproots
Aggregates
Plant hardiness
49. Pollinated from the same flower or other flowes on the same
Self - fruitful
Nitrogen fixation
Evapotranspiration
Stamen
50. An embryo then develops inside a tissue that is protective and both layers are known as a
Seed
Leaves
Mass bulk/flow
Repetition