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Praxis Plant Science Botany
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praxis
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botany
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are inactive parts of pesticide used for diluting a pesticide or to make it safer - easier to mix - measure - apply or more effective.
Annuals
Ridge till
Insert ingredients
Fumigant
2. The system using two names to identify plants.
Binomial nomenclature
Genus
Stems
Harrowing
3. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down
Natural enemies
Respiration
Evapotranspiration
Compaction
4. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.
Blossom - end rot
Anther
Evapotranspiration
Fruit
5. A protective layer outside the surface of a leaf.
Vegetable
Cuticle
Colluvium
Genus
6. Are new of hybrid plants in which hybridization has been manipulated by humans
Yield potential
Cambium
Cutin
Cultivars
7. Increase the roots capacity to absorb to water and nutrients
Flowers
O horizon
Root hairs
Spines
8. Refer in botanical use as the edible parts of plant - other than the flower
Vegetable
Nutrient management plans
Rhubarb
Take nutrients and water for the plant and store food for the plant. serves an anchor for plant.
9. Is a reference to the size of portions of the design in relation to one another.
Transition
Proportion
Taproots
Annuals
10. Plants retain their leaces all year
No - till
Evergreen
Nodes
Spines
11. The system that allows the lifeblood or water - nutrients and food through the plant
Yield potential
Ridge till
Nutrient management plans
Vascular system
12. The female portion of a flower
Bracts
Self - sterile
Stems
Pistil
13. By crops is dependent on the soils nutrient supply - the area of the root surface area and the root activity.
Nutrient supply
Natural enemies
Specific epithet
Phloem
14. Have a two - year growth cycle
Tillage
Biennial
Cambium
Temperature and light
15. Is a wind - moved material that is silt - sized or smaller
Stomata
Loess
Spines
E horizon
16. 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.
Diffusion
Root interception
B horizon
Tillage
17. A cluster or several flowers
Multiple fruits.
Hydroponics
Fruit
xylem
18. A process in which nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia.
Dicots
Taproots
Repetition
Nitrogen fixation
19. Refers to how well a plant can survive cold temperatures
Nodes
Cambium
Unity
Plant hardiness
20. In design comes from elements creating a feeling of motion that can lead the eyes of a viewer through or beyond the area designed.
Rhubarb
Rhythm
Blossom - end rot
Eolian
21. Parent material that the wind transports
Photosynthesis
Blossom - end rot
Nutrient supply
Eolian
22. Should be used when mixed plantings are made during marginal planting periods.
Companion crops
Stigma
Transpiration
Stomata
23. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator
Compaction
Binomial nomenclature
Ethylene
Evapotranspiration
24. Materials that are moved by streams and deposited into fresh water.
Sunscald
Lacustrine
Phloem
Companion crops
25. Support stems
Cuticle
Rhubarb
Tendils
Unity
26. The loss of water by plants from both evaporation and transpiration.
Tendils
Evapotranspiration
Eolian
Stomata
27. Are those chemicals that control a target pest
Transition
Active ingredients
Colluvium
Monoecious
28. Parent material moved by gravity
Colluvium
Varities
Lacustrine
Vegetable
29. Always develop from a flower and has at least one ovary that has ripened
Colluvium
Repetition
Fruit
Fruits
30. Occurs when pollen is carried from one plant to another
Genus
E horizon
Seed
Cross pollinization
31. An embryo then develops inside a tissue that is protective and both layers are known as a
Ridge till
No - till
Seed
Stems
32. Examples os plants classified by growth patterns - have conducting rubes throughout their stems
Colluvium
Unity
Fruits
Monocots
33. Uses a variety of combinations to control pest - generally one that does the least harm to the pest of the environment.
Dioecious
Blossom - end rot
Integrated pest management
Compaction
34. For each field should then be analyzed based on the soil productivity and management that is intended.
Yield potential
Root hairs
Vegetable
Cambium
35. 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.
O horizon
Hydroponics
Evergreen
Genus
36. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.
Taproots
Varities
Root interception
Biennial
37. Is where the formation of pollen takes place
Integrated pest management
Anther
Root hairs
Constructed wetlands
38. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed
Integrated pest management
Nutrient management plans
Buds
Nodes
39. Are plants grouped because of its ability to grow in girth
Dicots
Ethylene
Integrated pest management
Leaves
40. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter
Stems
Decidious
Mulch - Till
Compaction
41. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.
Cultivars
Balance
Multiple fruits.
Cutin
42. The opposite of photosynthesis - uses food and oxygen to change chemical energy into heat for plants.
Root hairs
Fungi
Stamen
Respiration
43. The only vegetable used as a fruit
Cross pollinization
Evapotranspiration
Anther
Rhubarb
44. Provide food for plants. absorb sunlight and transform it into food.
Leaves
Ridge till
Aggregate fruits
Anther
45. The male portion of a flower
Perennials
Self - fruitful
Annuals
Stamen
46. When soil detaches from a portion of the soil profile or the surface of the soil
Specific epithet
Taproots
Mulch - Till
Erosion
47. The system that moves water and minerals is called a
Evapotranspiration
Cuticle
xylem
Catface
48. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor
Respiration
Evergreen
Root interception
Stomata
49. Is movement of nutrients to the surfaces of roots through water movement in the soil.
Stomata
E horizon
Mass bulk/flow
Transpiration
50. Is moving liquid pesticide mixture through a filling hose and into a water source
Back - siphoning
Transition
Vascular system
No - till