Plant Science Unit 1 (exam 1 review)
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What is the definition of a plant? - ✔✔any member of kingdom plantae, made of
multicellular organisms produce their own food from inorganic sources, by
photosynthesis
Why study plants? - ✔✔for your own good,
plants are amazing living organism,
plants are diverse,
informs us about our world.
What was first observed in plants by Robert Hooke? - ✔✔cells
What were first purified from plants? - ✔✔viruses, (tobacco mosaic virus)
How great is the variety of plants in size? - ✔✔largest flower 1 m,
oldest 5000 years,
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Define Palynology? - ✔✔study of pollen grains
Define phenology? - ✔✔study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena
What is the ultimate source of (almost) all energy on earth? - ✔✔the sun
What is the penultimate source of all energy on earth? - ✔✔plants
Define -aceae: - ✔✔the suffix that denotes a plant family
Define Angiosperms: - ✔✔the evolutionarily cohesive clade that contains all flowering
plants.
Define apoplast: - ✔✔the interconnected network of cell walls through out a plant.
Define a Bud: - ✔✔a mass of embryonic tissue. can develop into leaves, flowers, or
branches.
Define a Carpal: - ✔✔the innermost whorl of a flower, produce megaspores.
Define collenchyma: - ✔✔cells characterized by the presence of only primary cell walls
that are unevenly thickened. living at maturity.
Define complex tissue: - ✔✔composed of 2 or more types of cells
Describe dermal tissue: - ✔✔tissue that forms the outer protective covering of the plant.
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(UTA) (Wostl) Questions and Answers
100% Pass
What is the definition of a plant? - ✔✔any member of kingdom plantae, made of
multicellular organisms produce their own food from inorganic sources, by
photosynthesis
Why study plants? - ✔✔for your own good,
plants are amazing living organism,
plants are diverse,
informs us about our world.
What was first observed in plants by Robert Hooke? - ✔✔cells
What were first purified from plants? - ✔✔viruses, (tobacco mosaic virus)
How great is the variety of plants in size? - ✔✔largest flower 1 m,
oldest 5000 years,
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, largest >100m
Define Palynology? - ✔✔study of pollen grains
Define phenology? - ✔✔study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena
What is the ultimate source of (almost) all energy on earth? - ✔✔the sun
What is the penultimate source of all energy on earth? - ✔✔plants
Define -aceae: - ✔✔the suffix that denotes a plant family
Define Angiosperms: - ✔✔the evolutionarily cohesive clade that contains all flowering
plants.
Define apoplast: - ✔✔the interconnected network of cell walls through out a plant.
Define a Bud: - ✔✔a mass of embryonic tissue. can develop into leaves, flowers, or
branches.
Define a Carpal: - ✔✔the innermost whorl of a flower, produce megaspores.
Define collenchyma: - ✔✔cells characterized by the presence of only primary cell walls
that are unevenly thickened. living at maturity.
Define complex tissue: - ✔✔composed of 2 or more types of cells
Describe dermal tissue: - ✔✔tissue that forms the outer protective covering of the plant.
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