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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Materials that are moved by streams and deposited into fresh water.






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






3. 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.






4. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






5. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






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






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






10. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






11. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






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






15. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






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






19. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






21. A cluster or several flowers






22. Parent material that the wind transports






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






24. The system using two names to identify plants.






25. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






27. The male portion of a flower






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






34. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






36. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






46. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






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






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







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