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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Soil is undisturbed from harvest to planting - in strips up to 1/3 of the row width.






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






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






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






5. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






6. The only vegetable used as a fruit






7. Protect the plant






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






16. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash






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






18. Is an equality in something visually attractive






19. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






21. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






23. Support stems






24. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






26. Is change that is gradual






27. Parent material that the wind transports






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






29. 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.






30. Plants retain their leaces all year






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Reducing a design to its simplest and most functional form.






36. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






38. Always develop from a flower and has at least one ovary that has ripened






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






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






41. 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.






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






44. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






46. The female portion of a flower






47. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






48. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






49. Materials developing or weathering in place and are not transported






50. Formation of buds taking place.







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