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






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






3. Is a wind - moved material that is silt - sized or smaller






4. Protect the plant






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






6. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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






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






11. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Provide food for plants. absorb sunlight and transform it into food.






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






21. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The female portion of a flower






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






33. The male portion of a flower






34. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






36. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






37. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






46. For each field should then be analyzed based on the soil productivity and management that is intended.






47. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






49. Plants retain their leaces all year






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