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






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






3. One of several conservation tillage types used to cover 30 percent or more of pasture with crop residue.






4. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






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






8. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






18. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






20. Is change that is gradual






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






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






23. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






26. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The female portion of a flower






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






36. Formation of buds taking place.






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






38. Are the smallest known living organisms that may reporuce and live apart from other living organisms.






39. Full width tilage involving one or more trips during the soil surface is tilled. Done before or during planting.






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






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






42. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






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






46. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






50. The male portion of a flower