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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






3. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






4. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






8. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






11. What do roots do for the plant






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






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






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






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






16. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






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






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






21. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






24. 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.






25. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






27. Support stems






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






29. Protect the plant






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






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






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






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






34. The male portion of a flower






35. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






36. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






38. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






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






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. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates