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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.






2. Parent material that the wind transports






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






4. The male portion of a flower






5. Repeated features such as plants. These features have like shape - form - texture - and color.






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






7. A cluster or several flowers






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






9. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






11. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






16. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






17. Below the O horizon - the __ horizon is where the mineral soil begins. It combines organic matter with weathered products.






18. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






19. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






22. The female portion of a flower






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






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






25. When soil detaches from a portion of the soil profile or the surface of the soil






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Determine how long is an internodes length






34. The growing of roots into new soil that contacts available nutrients






35. Protect the plant






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. In design comes from elements creating a feeling of motion that can lead the eyes of a viewer through or beyond the area designed.






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






43. Leaf rust is a form of






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






45. The only vegetable used as a fruit






46. 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.






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






48. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






49. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






50. Refers to how well a plant can survive cold temperatures