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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. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Is an equality in something visually attractive






10. Protect the plant






11. Have a two - year growth cycle






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






13. 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.






14. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.






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






16. 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.






17. Parent material moved by gravity






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






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






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






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






22. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






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






24. Should be used when mixed plantings are made during marginal planting periods.






25. The system that moves water and minerals is called a






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






27. Is change that is gradual






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






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






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






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






32. A cluster or several flowers






33. Formation of buds taking place.






34. The system using two names to identify plants.






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






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






37. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate






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






39. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






40. Parent material that the wind transports






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






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






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






44. The female portion of a flower






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






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






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






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






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






50. Leaf rust is a form of