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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






3. Is a cyclic irrigation application that delivers water to land during a series of on and off time spans known as hydraulic surges.






4. Are organisms that can kill or reduce the ability to reporduce in other organisms






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






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






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






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






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






10. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






11. Materials that are moved by streams and deposited into fresh water.






12. Leaf rust is a form of






13. 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.






14. Is moving liquid pesticide mixture through a filling hose and into a water source






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






16. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






19. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






21. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






22. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






24. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






26. The system using two names to identify plants.






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






32. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.






33. Are plants that may live multiple years and may form flowers and seeds every year






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






35. The only vegetable used as a fruit






36. Are brightly colored forms in which leaves may be modified






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






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






39. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






41. Is change that is gradual






42. The part of the system that moves the food is known as the






43. Should be used when mixed plantings are made during marginal planting periods.






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






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






46. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






49. 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.






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