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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. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






4. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






7. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






15. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






24. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






26. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






28. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






31. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






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






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






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






37. Refers to the movement through the soil of molecules.






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






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






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






41. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






44. 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.






45. The female portion of a flower






46. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






49. The male portion of a flower






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