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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






4. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






7. Protect the plant






8. Is change that is gradual






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






10. Support stems






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






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






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






14. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem






15. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






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






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






20. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






23. Refer in botanical use as the edible parts of plant - other than the flower






24. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






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






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






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






28. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






29. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






32. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






33. 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.






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






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.






36. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor






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






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






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






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. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






42. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






46. A technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions with an artificial medium that providing mechanical support.






47. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






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