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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






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






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






5. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






7. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






9. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






13. Support stems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






24. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Is change that is gradual






33. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






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






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






38. Parent material moved by gravity






39. The male portion of a flower






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






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






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






44. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






46. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






47. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






48. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






49. What do roots do for the plant






50. Flowers with several simple pistils formed