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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Plants retain their leaces all year






10. Trunks for a plant. support leaves - fruits - and flowers. May also take in nutrients and store food.






11. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






13. The female portion of a flower






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






15. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






17. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash






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






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






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






21. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






24. Parent material that the wind transports






25. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






26. Contain a strong primary root along with roots that branch out on the side






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






28. Is change that is gradual






29. Come from effective components used to express a main idea through a consistent style






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






31. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Determine how long is an internodes length






39. 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.






40. Parent material moved by gravity






41. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






44. Are new of hybrid plants in which hybridization has been manipulated by humans






45. Provide food for plants. absorb sunlight and transform it into food.






46. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






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