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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. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






3. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






4. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






7. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






8. Is change that is gradual






9. Formation of buds taking place.






10. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






11. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






16. Pesticide is a capor or gas or it forms a cloud of vapor and gas when applied






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






18. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






19. Leaf rust is a form of






20. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Have a two - year growth cycle






43. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






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






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






48. Parent material moved by gravity






49. Support stems






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