Introduction to Botany, Chapter 2 (the Nature of Life), Chapter 1 (What is Plant Biology?)
conversion of sun's energy into usable energy, oxygen and carbon dioxide cycle, sources of products
3 reasons for human and animal dependence on plants
composition and structure, growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, metabolism, movement, complexity of organization, environmental adaptation
8 attributes of living organisms
Genesis 2:19,20
Adam named (classified) all the animals
Genesis 2:15
Adam put in garden to dress and keep it
Genesis 1:26-29
Man to subdue and have dominion - first command
know about, study
To be master of creation, man must ___ ____ and ____ creation.
photosynthesis
an energy-harnessing process in green cells associated with energy storage
respiration
an energy-releasing process that takes place in all living things
cells, cytoplasm, nucleus, cell wall
composition and structure of plants (4)
digestion
conversion of large or insoluble food molecules to smaller soluble ones
assimilation
conversion of raw materials into cytoplasm and other cell substances
plant taxonomy
describing, naming, and classifying plants
plant systematics
developing methods for classifying and naming plants
respiration, photosynthesis, digestion, assimilation
four processes of metabolism
growth
increase in mass usually accompanied by increase in volume
cytoplasmic streaming
movement in all plants (within cells)
plant anatomy
study of internal and external structure
plant morphology
study of plant characteristics (especially comparatively)
plant physiology
study of plant function
botany
study of plants....better get this one
plant ecoloy
study of the interaction of plants with their environment