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






2. When soil detaches from a portion of the soil profile or the surface of the soil






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






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






5. The male portion of a flower






6. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






7. 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.






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






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






10. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






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






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






15. What do roots do for the plant






16. Is change that is gradual






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






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






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






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






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






22. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






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






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






27. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






29. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






31. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






32. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






35. Pollinated from the same flower or other flowes on the same






36. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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






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






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






49. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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