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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Are a man made means of treating water through natural processes using plants - animals - microorganisms and the environment itself.






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






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






4. Determine how long is an internodes length






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Leaf rust is a form of






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






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






24. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






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






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






29. Is change that is gradual






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The male portion of a flower






41. Pollinated from the same flower or other flowes on the same






42. 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.






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






44. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






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






46. Is an equality in something visually attractive






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






48. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






50. The ___ horizon tops the profile and contains mostly organic matter - with a decomposed vegetation structure that enriches the soil with nutrients and helps it retain moisture.