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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. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






2. What do roots do for the plant






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






12. Is an equality in something visually attractive






13. Is change that is gradual






14. The male portion of a flower






15. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






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






18. When light is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into plant food.






19. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






21. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






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






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






26. The system using two names to identify plants.






27. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






29. The female portion of a flower






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. The only vegetable used as a fruit






37. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Parent material moved by gravity






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






46. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.






47. A cluster or several flowers






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






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






50. Have numerous roots that are branched out.