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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. An embryo then develops inside a tissue that is protective and both layers are known as a






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






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






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






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






6. The female portion of a flower






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






8. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






9. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






10. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






15. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






16. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






19. Protect the plant






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






21. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down






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






23. Parent material moved by gravity






24. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






25. Help decrease the amount of excessive nutrients that can enter the water from storm runoff.






26. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






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






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






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






32. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






36. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






37. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






39. In a tomato is from a fast uptake of water such as from sownpurs or excessive watering.






40. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






41. 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.






42. What do roots do for the plant






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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