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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Full width tilage involving one or more trips during the soil surface is tilled. Done before or during planting.






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






3. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






5. 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.






6. The system that moves water and minerals is called a






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






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






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






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






11. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






12. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Refers to plants with only male or female flower on a single plant such as hollies






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






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






23. Is change that is gradual






24. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






26. 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.






27. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






31. What do roots do for the plant






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






40. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






41. Leaf rust is a form of






42. Protect the plant






43. 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.






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






45. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






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






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






50. Parent material that the wind transports