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