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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is movement of nutrients to the surfaces of roots through water movement in the soil.






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






3. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






4. Parent material that the wind transports






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






6. Protect the plant






7. Leaf rust is a form of






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






9. Support stems






10. Plants retain their leaces all year






11. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






12. Determine how long is an internodes length






13. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






15. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Parent material moved by gravity






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






25. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






32. Are the smallest known living organisms that may reporuce and live apart from other living organisms.






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






34. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






36. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






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






41. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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






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






46. The female portion of a flower






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






48. Is change that is gradual






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






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