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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






12. Protect the plant






13. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






15. A cluster or several flowers






16. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






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






20. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






23. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.






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






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






26. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Parent material moved by gravity






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






36. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






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






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






42. Support stems






43. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






44. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






45. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






46. The male portion of a flower






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






48. Parent material that the wind transports






49. The female portion of a flower






50. Determine how long is an internodes length