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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Parent material that the wind transports






2. The male portion of a flower






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






4. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






7. Have a two - year growth cycle






8. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






9. 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.






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






11. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






13. Should be used when mixed plantings are made during marginal planting periods.






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






15. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






18. 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.






19. Is change that is gradual






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






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






22. Formation of buds taking place.






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






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






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






26. The female portion of a flower






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






28. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






31. A cluster or several flowers






32. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






33. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






35. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






37. Support stems






38. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






39. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






41. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






43. What do roots do for the plant






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.







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