chapter 1: what is plant Biology?
what are the 6 kingdoms of life
Animals Plants Bacteria fungi protista archea
who is Carolus Linnaeus and what is some of his contribution to Botany
He named plants
define the term Algae
a green aquadic plant-like substance that grows in large bodies of water
Archea
any group of single-celled prokaryotic organisms that have distinct molecular charateristics
describe what the "greenhouse effect" is, why it happens, and how mankind can combat it
because the Carbon dioxide levels rise and sun rays get stuck causing the temperature to rise. We can reduce our Carbon footprint
name some products that are made by plants that could help the planet and explain how
biodeisel and medicine they're both made by plants and aren't taking up the earths natural resources to be produced
what gets studied in plant taxonomy?
concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying plants
as discussed in class, what are some ways humans have changed the planet we love on for the worse
destroying wetlands adding pollutants into the atmosphere killed pests, plants, predators, and other useful organisms with poison
true or false: scientists have discovered and named all the plants on earth
false
name some products that owe their existence to plants
food dyes food stabilizers coal condiments adhesives medicine oil
Fungi
found in the animal kingdom and contain a cell wall and are omnipresent. they are classified as heterotrophs
what are the human practices that came under scrutiny by the scientific community in the 1980's
greenhouse effect major global climate change groundwater containment less biodiversity in general reduction of the ozone shield loss of tropical rainforests
describe the relationship between plants and humans and why we are "codependent" on one another
humans need plants to produce oxygen and animals eat plants, those same animals that humans eat, and plants need CO2 that humans produce to produce oxygen
Animals
large group that consists of eukaryotic, multicellular, organisms that are heterotropic in nature
can life on earth continue to live if some disease killed off all plant life?
life on earth would only last maybe 11 years because eventually everyone would suffocate
what are some characteristics of plants
make their own energy grow and reproduce take in carbon and produce oxygen
plants
multicellular organisms with walled and frequently vacoule eukaryotic cells
what is the one ever-growing issue the world has moving forward and why?
overpopulation everyone is running out of space and taking up more land and resources for their families
what amazing/unique process can plants do that animals can't and what is the equation
photosynthesis 6CO2 + 6H20 -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
what gets studied in plant physiology?
plant functions
what get's studied in botany
plants
how may humans survive past the 21st century?
reducing carbon footprint stricter environmental regulations better agricultural practices save the rain forest more natural products water and energy conservation
protista
simple eukaryotic organisms that are neither plant, animal, or fungi. unicellular but can also be found as a colony
Bacteria
single-celled organisms lack of membrane-bound organelles and are usually small-sized
if you had to explain to someone what a plant was, how would you define them?
something that grows in nature that is eaten by humans and animals, having the capacity to make its own glucose and provide oxygen for us to live.
define taxonomy
the classification of plants
what gets studied in plant anatomy?
the internal study of plants
define cladistics
the method of classification of plants
what is botany
the study of plants and plant life
is there more plant like or animal life in the world and how much more or less
there are more plant life. Plant life constitutes for more than 98% of the total biomass
what is algae in space all about?
they're trying to find a way to give astronaunts more air while they're in space
define the term fungi
things that grow on dry land like mushrooms that aren't plants
what is the important biome that we talked about in class and why should we care
tropical rainforests because they are the lungs of the earth
