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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Are the smallest known living organisms that may reporuce and live apart from other living organisms.






2. A cluster or several flowers






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






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






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






6. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Support stems






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






13. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






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






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






18. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






21. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






23. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






24. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






27. 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.






28. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. An embryo then develops inside a tissue that is protective and both layers are known as a






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






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






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






41. For each field should then be analyzed based on the soil productivity and management that is intended.






42. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






44. Protect the plant






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






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






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






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






49. A protective layer outside the surface of a leaf.






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