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