Plant Biology Flashcards
(42 cards)
Botany
the study of plants and “plant-like” organisms
Autotrophic
Self-Feeding
Photosynthesis
Plants make food from light
Heterotrophic
“Other-feeding”
Theophrastus
Father of Botany
Theophrastus’ 3 Organs
Stem, Leaf, Root
Theophrastus’ 4 Growth Forms
Tree, Shrub, Herb, Vine
Dioscorides
Wrote Materia Medica - medicinal use of plants
Doctrine of Signatures
Plants that look like b body parts are good for that body part
Linnaeus
originated the use of binomial nomenclature (2-part name)
3 Domains
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
4 Kingdoms of Eukarya
Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
Cell Theory
Organisms are built of cells; cells come from preexisting cells
Cytoplasm composition
membranes, organelles, cytoplasmic ground substance
Protoplast
living part of the cell; cytoplasm and nucleus
Plasma Membrane
Outer boundary of protoplast; control what moves in & out
Nucleus
“control center” containing DNA (genes)
Nuclear Envelope
Outer membrane of the nucleus
Chromatin
DNA and proteins in nucleus
Chromosomes
form of chromatin during cell division
nucleolus
round structure inside nucleus; makes ribosomes
vacuole
fluid-filled sac largest structure in the cell waste repository structure growth pigmentation of some cells
tonoplast
the membrane of the vacuole
ribosomes
site of protein synthesis