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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. The growing of roots into new soil that contacts available nutrients






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






8. Soil is undisturbed from harvest to planting - in strips up to 1/3 of the row width.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






18. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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






22. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor






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






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






25. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






26. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






27. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






29. Parent material moved by gravity






30. Leaf rust is a form of






31. The female portion of a flower






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






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






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






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






36. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






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






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






41. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem






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






43. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






45. 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.






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






47. Support stems






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






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






50. Plants retain their leaces all year







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