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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Plants that live their entire life cycle n one growing season






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






3. 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.






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






5. The only vegetable used as a fruit






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates






13. Is where the formation of pollen takes place






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






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






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






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






18. Trunks for a plant. support leaves - fruits - and flowers. May also take in nutrients and store food.






19. A cluster or several flowers






20. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






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






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






24. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






26. Support stems






27. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






29. The waxy substance that makes up cuticles.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The female portion of a flower






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Is change that is gradual






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






47. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






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






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