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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. The growing of roots into new soil that contacts available nutrients
Root interception
Cutin
Blossom - end rot
Tendils
2. Flowers with several simple pistils formed
Aggregate fruits
xylem
Rhubarb
Buds
3. Is moving liquid pesticide mixture through a filling hose and into a water source
Back - siphoning
Biennial
Residual
Evergreen
4. Which holds and captures pollen - and the style.
Stigma
Nitrogen fixation
Vegetable
Anther
5. 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.
Nutrient management plans
E horizon
Genus
Vascular system
6. Ripe ovaries or groups of ripened ovaries that contain seeds.
Fungi
Fruits
Vegetable
Genus
7. Increase the roots capacity to absorb to water and nutrients
Pistil
Eolian
Tendils
Root hairs
8. By crops is dependent on the soils nutrient supply - the area of the root surface area and the root activity.
Fibrous roots
A horizon
Nutrient supply
Nitrogen fixation
9. Is change that is gradual
Specific epithet
xylem
Proportion
Transition
10. 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.
Self - fruitful
Vegetable
Genus
Cotyledons
11. Are new of hybrid plants in which hybridization has been manipulated by humans
Catface
Active ingredients
Fungi
Cultivars
12. The loss of water by plants from both evaporation and transpiration.
Respiration
Spines
Blossom - end rot
Evapotranspiration
13. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator
Spines
Stamen
Catface
Ethylene
14. Materials that are moved by streams and deposited into fresh water.
Photosynthesis
Rhythm
Lacustrine
Transition
15. Uses a variety of combinations to control pest - generally one that does the least harm to the pest of the environment.
Monoecious
Integrated pest management
Cutin
Bracts
16. Plants retain their leaces all year
Cross pollinization
Transpiration
Proportion
Evergreen
17. A cluster or several flowers
Fungi
Companion crops
Multiple fruits.
Self - sterile
18. Is breaking soil out of clods and breaking in finer clumps. Do this after you plow.
Harrowing
Balance
E horizon
Specific epithet
19. Pollinated from the same flower or other flowes on the same
Nutrient management plans
Companion crops
Self - fruitful
Stomata
20. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.
Self - sterile
Residual
Blossom - end rot
Parent material
21. Is a reference to the size of portions of the design in relation to one another.
Proportion
Eolian
Monocots
Anther
22. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash
Monoecious
Seed
Residual
Root interception
23. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor
Balance
Seed
Stomata
Root hairs
24. Are those chemicals that control a target pest
Flowers
Active ingredients
Dioecious
Cultivars
25. Refers to how well a plant can survive cold temperatures
Plant hardiness
Mulch - Till
Stomata
Buds
26. Plants that live their entire life cycle n one growing season
Residual
Compaction
Annuals
Phloem
27. Support stems
Erosion
Cotyledons
Blossom - end rot
Tendils
28. As in the sense of a plant part - is a structure that produces seeds.
Dioecious
Flowers
Stigma
Companion crops
29. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.
Cutin
Self - sterile
Stigma
Cultivars
30. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate
Tillage
Proportion
Pistil
Cotyledons
31. Is a cyclic irrigation application that delivers water to land during a series of on and off time spans known as hydraulic surges.
Plant hardiness
Surge flow
Monoecious
Nodes
32. The part of the system that moves the food is known as the
Vascular system
Loess
Phloem
Dicots
33. Parent material that the wind transports
Eolian
Cross pollinization
Mycoplasmas
Mulch - Till
34. Trunks for a plant. support leaves - fruits - and flowers. May also take in nutrients and store food.
Take nutrients and water for the plant and store food for the plant. serves an anchor for plant.
Nutrient management plans
Stems
Bracts
35. Refers to plants with only male or female flower on a single plant such as hollies
Evapotranspiration
Dioecious
Proportion
Respiration
36. Are organisms that can kill or reduce the ability to reporduce in other organisms
Cultivars
Aggregate fruits
Seed
Natural enemies
37. Come from effective components used to express a main idea through a consistent style
Specific epithet
Unity
Sunscald
Nutrient supply
38. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.
Eolian
Fruit
Rhubarb
Aggregates
39. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter
Rhubarb
Monoecious
Decidious
Fungi
40. 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.
B horizon
Photosynthesis
Dicots
xylem
41. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed
B horizon
Yield potential
Phloem
Buds
42. The system that moves water and minerals is called a
Leaves
xylem
Varities
Dioecious
43. A technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions with an artificial medium that providing mechanical support.
Catface
Monocots
Erosion
Hydroponics
44. Are the smallest known living organisms that may reporuce and live apart from other living organisms.
Root hairs
Cotyledons
Insert ingredients
Mycoplasmas
45. The male portion of a flower
Stamen
Residual
Root hairs
Buds
46. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients
Transpiration
Decidious
Vascular system
Nitrogen fixation
47. When light is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into plant food.
Stomata
Photosynthesis
Fruit
Root hairs
48. Is an equality in something visually attractive
O horizon
Balance
Proportion
Eolian
49. Have a two - year growth cycle
Cambium
Biennial
Root hairs
Mass bulk/flow
50. The opposite of photosynthesis - uses food and oxygen to change chemical energy into heat for plants.
Mycoplasmas
Respiration
Take nutrients and water for the plant and store food for the plant. serves an anchor for plant.
Self - sterile