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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The male portion of a flower






11. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






12. 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.






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






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






15. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






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






18. The system using two names to identify plants.






19. Leaf rust is a form of






20. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






21. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






22. Cannot be fertilized by their own pollen






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






24. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






27. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






39. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






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






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






44. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






46. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






48. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






49. Parent material moved by gravity






50. Formation of buds taking place.