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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






13. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.






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






15. A cluster or several flowers






16. Protect the plant






17. The system using two names to identify plants.






18. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






21. 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.






22. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






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






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






27. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






29. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






30. What do roots do for the plant






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






39. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






41. Is change that is gradual






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






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






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






45. In design comes from elements creating a feeling of motion that can lead the eyes of a viewer through or beyond the area designed.






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






47. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






50. Parent material that the wind transports