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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Materials that are moved by streams and deposited into fresh water.






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






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






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






5. The female portion of a flower






6. Support stems






7. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






10. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






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






15. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






17. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






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






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






21. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






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






25. What do roots do for the plant






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






27. 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.






28. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






29. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






31. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






32. A cluster or several flowers






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






34. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






36. The male portion of a flower






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






38. Parent material that the wind transports






39. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






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






43. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






44. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






49. Is an equality in something visually attractive






50. 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.