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






2. Formation of buds taking place.






3. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






6. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






16. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Plants retain their leaces all year






23. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






24. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






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






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






28. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






30. 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.






31. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






32. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






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






36. Protect the plant






37. Support stems






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






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






40. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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