Botany 1
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- Who is regarded as the father of Botany?
- Theosphratus
- What is the advantage of scientific names?
- They are recognized around the world and unique to a single species.
- Why are teleological answers bad?
- They offer no helpful insight into how things work or how things got that way.
- What is mitosis?
- One cell divides and makes 2 identical cells.
- What is meiosis?
- One diploid cell divides and makes 4 haploid cells genetically different from the parent cell and from each other.
- What is another name for meiosis?
- Sexual reproduction
- __ is the male gamete.
- Pollen
- __ generation lives longer, is larger, and feeds itself?
- dominant
- Which generation is the most dominant in bryophytes?
- gametophyte
- When did bryophytes develop?
- 400-430 million years ago (Silurian era)
- What is theDoctrine of Signatures?
- The belief that God had bestowed a mark on each plant that pointed to its medical use.
- What was created in the Carboniferous Period/Paleozoic Era?
- Modern oil, coak and natural oil.
- What is Taxonomy?
- The study of finding, classifying, naming, describing and identifying plants. (Examine physical traits)
- Who was the father of taxonomy (created binomial systems)?
- Carolous Linnaeus
- What is the difference between animal and plant cells?
- Plants have cell walls.
- What is the function of pneumatophore roots?
- Conduct oxygen to underwater roots through aerenchyma.
- __ is the most important plant fiber. __% of textiles.
- cotton/80%
- What is different about adventitious roots?
- They originate from the stem, above ground (buttress).
- What is the order of the taxonomic hierarchy?
- (Domain), Kingdom, phylum (division), class, order, family, genus, species.