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Praxis Plant Science Botany
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praxis
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botany
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. By crops is dependent on the soils nutrient supply - the area of the root surface area and the root activity.
xylem
Nutrient supply
Natural enemies
Spines
2. Contain a strong primary root along with roots that branch out on the side
Bracts
Taproots
Aggregate fruits
Nodes
3. The opposite of photosynthesis - uses food and oxygen to change chemical energy into heat for plants.
Respiration
Dicots
Flowers
Phloem
4. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter
Decidious
Sunscald
Harrowing
Stigma
5. A cluster or several flowers
Constructed wetlands
Buds
Multiple fruits.
Take nutrients and water for the plant and store food for the plant. serves an anchor for plant.
6. The only vegetable used as a fruit
Rhubarb
Take nutrients and water for the plant and store food for the plant. serves an anchor for plant.
E horizon
Fungi
7. Examples os plants classified by growth patterns - have conducting rubes throughout their stems
Monocots
Balance
Nutrient supply
Flowers
8. Refers to the movement through the soil of molecules.
Vascular system
Evergreen
Fungi
Diffusion
9. Trunks for a plant. support leaves - fruits - and flowers. May also take in nutrients and store food.
No - till
Compaction
Stems
Rhubarb
10. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.
Mulch - Till
Vegetable
Varities
Proportion
11. Is a cyclic irrigation application that delivers water to land during a series of on and off time spans known as hydraulic surges.
Constructed wetlands
Repetition
Surge flow
Anther
12. As in the sense of a plant part - is a structure that produces seeds.
Evergreen
Tillage
Flowers
Stomata
13. Pollinated from the same flower or other flowes on the same
Buds
Mass bulk/flow
Decidious
Self - fruitful
14. Is an equality in something visually attractive
Harrowing
Fruit
Balance
Proportion
15. Reducing a design to its simplest and most functional form.
Unity
Dicots
Rhythm
Simplicity
16. Materials developing or weathering in place and are not transported
Residual
Mycoplasmas
Temperature and light
Cuticle
17. Pesticide is a capor or gas or it forms a cloud of vapor and gas when applied
Pistil
Fumigant
Cultivars
Tendils
18. Are created when microbes from decomposed organic matter make compounds that make soil particles hold together.
Aggregates
Hydroponics
Simplicity
Transpiration
19. Are inactive parts of pesticide used for diluting a pesticide or to make it safer - easier to mix - measure - apply or more effective.
Monocots
Insert ingredients
Binomial nomenclature
Aggregates
20. Are brightly colored forms in which leaves may be modified
Temperature and light
Fumigant
Bracts
Diffusion
21. Is change that is gradual
Transition
Blossom - end rot
Stigma
Decidious
22. One of several major factors influencing soil characteristics.
Parent material
Dicots
Spines
Balance
23. Support stems
Tendils
Fruit
Perennials
Diffusion
24. Parent material that the wind transports
Cotyledons
Self - sterile
Colluvium
Eolian
25. One of several conservation tillage types used to cover 30 percent or more of pasture with crop residue.
Hydroponics
Photosynthesis
No - till
Mass bulk/flow
26. The male portion of a flower
Buds
Cutin
Stamen
Root hairs
27. Are a man made means of treating water through natural processes using plants - animals - microorganisms and the environment itself.
Stomata
Stigma
Constructed wetlands
Varities
28. Which holds and captures pollen - and the style.
Eolian
Buds
Stigma
Genus
29. Is breaking soil out of clods and breaking in finer clumps. Do this after you plow.
Harrowing
Colluvium
O horizon
Temperature and light
30. Are the first leaves to appear after seeds germinate
Cross pollinization
Cotyledons
Constructed wetlands
Loess
31. A condition in which wind or heat take too much water from a plant
A horizon
Respiration
Evapotranspiration
Sunscald
32. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator
Cultivars
Simplicity
Ethylene
Rhythm
33. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem
Cambium
Residual
Fruits
Loess
34. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.
Annuals
Blossom - end rot
Catface
Fungi
35. Is movement of nutrients to the surfaces of roots through water movement in the soil.
Nutrient management plans
Fruits
Mass bulk/flow
Varities
36. Increase the roots capacity to absorb to water and nutrients
Stigma
Fruits
Root hairs
Diffusion
37. 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.
Pistil
Mass bulk/flow
B horizon
Catface
38. The female portion of a flower
Dicots
Fungi
Respiration
Pistil
39. When soil detaches from a portion of the soil profile or the surface of the soil
Erosion
Mycoplasmas
Perennials
Mulch - Till
40. Are those chemicals that control a target pest
Annuals
Bracts
Leaves
Active ingredients
41. Increases organic matter and disburses aggregates
Constructed wetlands
Nitrogen fixation
Spines
Tillage
42. Formation of buds taking place.
Focalization
Integrated pest management
Nodes
Fruit
43. Have a two - year growth cycle
xylem
Active ingredients
Tillage
Biennial
44. Provide food for plants. absorb sunlight and transform it into food.
Lacustrine
Evapotranspiration
Temperature and light
Leaves
45. Refers to how well a plant can survive cold temperatures
Plant hardiness
Dioecious
Stems
Stamen
46. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down
Buds
Compaction
Biennial
Stomata
47. Are plants that may live multiple years and may form flowers and seeds every year
Focalization
Perennials
Monoecious
xylem
48. In a tomato is from a fast uptake of water such as from sownpurs or excessive watering.
Fruit cracking
Vascular system
Varities
Insert ingredients
49. Have numerous roots that are branched out.
Pistil
Leaves
Fibrous roots
Unity
50. 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.
Fumigant
Fruit cracking
Focalization
Genus