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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down






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






3. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






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






12. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The male portion of a flower






35. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






38. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






40. A process in which nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia.






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






42. Pesticide is a capor or gas or it forms a cloud of vapor and gas when applied






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






44. Leaf rust is a form of






45. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






47. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






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