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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. When light is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into plant food.






2. Are those chemicals that control a target pest






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






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






5. Support stems






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






13. 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.






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






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






16. The female portion of a flower






17. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






18. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






19. Protect the plant






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






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






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






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






24. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






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






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






30. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Parent material that the wind transports






39. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






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






42. Formation of buds taking place.






43. Are flowers and shoots not yet developed






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






50. Plants retain their leaces all year







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