Intro to Botany as a Science

Question 1

This is also known as plant science(s) or plant biology.

Answer 1

Botany

Question 2

The term botany comes from what word?

Answer 2

Ancient Greek word (botane) which means “pasture”

Question 3

What are the 7 characteristics of living things in plants?

Answer 3

1) Organization
2) Energy
3) Interaction with environment
4) Growth & Development
5) Reproduction
6) Heredity
7) Evolution

Question 4

What characteristic is this?

Plants and other organisms are highly organized with cells as their basic building blocks.

Answer 4

Organization

Question 5

What characteristic is this?

Plants and other organisms take in and use energy.

Answer 5

Energy

Question 6

What characteristic is this?

Plants respond to stimuli in their environment.

Answer 6

Interaction with environment

Question 7

What characteristic is this?

Plants undergo growth and development.

Answer 7

Growth and Development

Question 8

What characteristic is this?

Plants form new individuals by asexual or sexual reproduction

Answer 8

Reproduction

Question 9

What is this?

A closed trap and insect prey. After enzymes produced by the plant digest as much of the insect as is digestible, the trap will reopen.

Answer 9

Response to stimuli

Question 10

What characteristic is this?

DNA molecules transmit genetic information from one generation to the next in plants.

Answer 10

Heredity

Question 11

What characteristic is this?

Plants and other organisms evolve; populations change or adapt to survive in changing environments.

Answer 11

Evolution

Question 12

It is a group of organisms with similar structural and functional characteristics.

In nature, they breed only with one another and have close common ancestry.

Answer 12

Species

Question 13

It is a broad taxonomic category made up of related phyla.

Answer 13

Kingdom

Question 14

A taxonomic category that includes one or more kingdoms.

Answer 14

Domain

Question 15

What are the main categories of classification?

Answer 15

1) Domain
2) Kingdom
3) Phylum
4) Class
5) Order
6) Family
7) Genus
8) Species

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Question 16

What are the 3 Domains?

Answer 16

Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

Question 17

What are the 6 Kingdoms?

Answer 17

1) Bacteria
2) Archaea
3) Protista
4) Plantae
5) Animalia
6) Fungi

Question 18

What is the classification called?

Answer 18

Binomial System

Question 19

Who is the Father of Botany?

Answer 19

Theophrastus - student of Aristotle

Question 20

He provided important evidence on Greek and Roman knowledge of medicinal plants. He categorized plants based on their medicinal, culinary, or aromatic value.

Answer 20

Pedanius Dioscorides

Question 21

He discovered cells in cork and a short time later in living plant tissue.

Answer 21

Robert Hooke

Question 22

He published Species Plantarum, which included 6000 plant species.

Answer 22

Carl Linnaeus

Question 23

He established the binomial nomenclature, which has been used in the naming of living things.

Answer 23

Carl Linnaeus

Question 24

His scientific curiosity led him to study the therapeutic uses of Philippine plants, from which he extracted pharmalogical ingredients.
He was appointed head of the military pharmacy.

Answer 24

Leon Maria Guerrero

Question 25

He is the author of taxonomic and morphological papers, many of which deal with orchids, including ‘Medicinal plants in the Philippines’ (Manila 1951).

Answer 25

Eduardo Quisimbing

Question 26

He was one of the classically trained botanists in plant taxonomy and systematics in the Philippines.

Answer 26

Leonardo Co (1953-2010)

Question 27

What are the 10 branches of Botany.

Answer 27

1) Plant Morphology
2) Plant Systematics
3) Plant Molecular Biology
4) Plant Cell Biology
5) Plant Genetics
6) Plant Physiology
7) Plant Ecology
8) Plant Pathology
9) Paleobotany
10) Economic Botany

Question 28

What branch of Botany?

A study of evolution and development of leaves, roots, and stems with a focus on the tissues at the tips of stems where the cells have the ability to divide.

Answer 28

Plant Morphology

Question 29

What branch of Botany?

The study of plant characteristics, especially for the purpose of discerning their evolutionary relationships and establishing differences. It concerns itself with scientific classification of species and other taxa.

Answer 29

Plant Systematics

Question 30

What branch of Botany?

Structures and functions of important biological molecules (proteins, nucleic acids)

Answer 30

Plant Molecular Biology

Question 31

What branch of Botany?

Structures, functions, and life processes of plant cells.

Answer 31

Plant Cell Biology

Question 32

What branch of Botany?

Investigate the structure and behavior of genes in plants and plant heredity in order to develop crops that are resistant to diseases and pests.

Answer 32

Plant Genetics

Question 33

What branch of Botany?

The study of the vital processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, and plant nutrition.

Answer 33

Plant Physiology

Question 34

What branch of Botany?

Interrelationships among plants, and between plants and their environment.

Answer 34

Plant Ecology

Question 35

What branch of Botany?

Studies the causes and control of plant diseases.

Answer 35

Plant Pathology

Question 36

What branch of Botany?

Deals with the biology and evolution of plants by studying the fossil record in order to reconstruct the 600 million year history of plant life on this planet.

Answer 36

Paleobotany

Question 37

What branch of Botany?

Study the economic impact of plants as they relate to human needs for food, clothing and shelter.

Answer 37

Economic Botany

Question 38

What is the significance of Botany?

Answer 38

1) Feed the world
2) Understand the fundamental life processes
3) Utilize medicine and materials
4) Understand environmental changes
5) Maintain ecological, biodiversity, and ecosystem function.