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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Help decrease the amount of excessive nutrients that can enter the water from storm runoff.






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






3. The system using two names to identify plants.






4. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






7. A cluster or several flowers






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






9. The male portion of a flower






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






11. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






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






15. A process in which nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia.






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






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






18. Pesticide is a capor or gas or it forms a cloud of vapor and gas when applied






19. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






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






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






24. The growing of roots into new soil that contacts available nutrients






25. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






28. The female portion of a flower






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Below the E horizon - the ___ horizon is where fine material has accumulated to create a dense layer in the soil. May be enriched with calcium carbonate in the form of a layer or nodule.






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






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






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






40. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






41. Protect the plant






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






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






44. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






46. Have a two - year growth cycle






47. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






49. 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.






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