1. Introduction To Plants

Question 1

What are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 1

1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Plantae
4. Fungi
5. Animalia

Question 2

What are the 3 life domains?

Answer 2

1. Bacteria.
2. Archaea
3. Eukarya

Question 3

Which kingdom is prokaryotic?

Answer 3

Monera

Question 4

According to radiometric dating, when was Earth formed?

Answer 4

4.5 billion years ago

Question 5

What does the term ‘Primordial Soup’ refer to?

Answer 5

Charles Darwin’s theory that Earth’s original blend of gases produced a broth organic molecules that, when exposed to light and heat, eventually formed the building blocks of life.

Question 6

Where did life (probably) arise from?

Answer 6

The oceans.

Question 7

When did continent formation begin?

Answer 7

4 billion years ago.

Question 8

What are the stony mounds formed by layers of cyanobacteria and sediment?

Answer 8

Stromatolites

Question 9

What are protocols (in microbiologic evolution)?

Answer 9

Droplets with membranes that maintain an internal chemistry different to that of their surroundings.

Question 10

What is credited with increasing atmospheric oxygen?

Answer 10

Early photosynthesizing prokaryotes.

Question 11

What was the change in atmospheric oxygen over time?

Answer 11

From 1% to 21%