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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. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






4. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






7. 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.






8. Have a two - year growth cycle






9. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






10. Is change that is gradual






11. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






21. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






25. Protect the plant






26. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The system using two names to identify plants.






34. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






37. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






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






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






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






43. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






48. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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