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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem






2. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What do roots do for the plant






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Refers to how well a plant can survive cold temperatures






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






22. 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.






23. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






32. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






35. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






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






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






40. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






41. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






42. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






44. Below the A horizon - the ___ horizon is usually light colored layer - with clay particles having been leached or removed. Contains organic matter as well as iron oxides and aluminum.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.