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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a tomato is from a fast uptake of water such as from sownpurs or excessive watering.






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






3. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






5. Is a wind - moved material that is silt - sized or smaller






6. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






9. Is change that is gradual






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






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






12. Leaf rust is a form of






13. Have a two - year growth cycle






14. Examples os plants classified by growth patterns - have conducting rubes throughout their stems






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






16. The male portion of a flower






17. 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.






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






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






20. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






23. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






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






27. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






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






33. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






34. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






44. Plants retain their leaces all year






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






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






47. Soil is undisturbed from harvest to planting - in strips up to 1/3 of the row width.






48. 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.






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






50. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down