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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.






2. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






3. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What do roots do for the plant






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






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






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






22. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






24. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






27. Parent material that the wind transports






28. The male portion of a flower






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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






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






38. Parent material moved by gravity






39. Support stems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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