Botany Flashcards
(69 cards)
Plant anatomy
Structure
Plant genetics
Heredity
Ecology
Distribution of plants through the world & why certain plants grow in certain places
Palaeobotany
Evolution & fossil remains
Evolution and fossil remains
Palaeobotany
Plant physiology
Metabolism
Plant pathology
The study of plant diseases
Present technology used in different sub disciplines in plant science
Plant biotechnology
Plant morphology
Structure and life cycles
Plant systematics also known as ______
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is __________
Plant systematics
Plant systematics also known as ______
Is _______
Taxonomy
Deals with identification - naming and classifying the living organisms
Can we live without plants?
Why?
Note down your points
1- produce oxygen
2- produce most chemically store energy we consume (food and burn for fuel)
3- convert CO2 gas into sugars (photosynthesis)
4- produce assortment of useful chemicals
Plants are useful as they convert CO2 gas into _____ through the process of __________
Sugars
Photosynthesis
Plants produce an amazing assortment of useful chemicals like:
_______,______,
_______,_______
1) vitamin A
2) Vitamin C
3) Caffeine
4) Morphine
Why do we study plants?
1) to conserve endangered plants and threatened environments
2) to learn more about the natural word
3)to better harness the abilities of plants
We study plants to bigger harness the abilities of plants to provide us with _______, ______ and ________
Food
Medicine
Energy
Plant biotechnology
Present technology used in different sub disciplines in plant science
Plants are the link between the sun and all other living things
T or F.
True ✅
There is a huge variety of plants in the world
✅
Plants live in almost every habitat
✅
Plants live in every single habitat
❌
In almost every habitat
Plants can survive the harshest environments
✅