Biology Plants and Animals Flashcards

1
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Who invented the cotton gin, when, and why was it important?

A

Eli Whitney, ?, because it increased what could be produced (with fewer slaves) and allowed the US to export cotton to other countries

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2
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Are plants eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

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Eukaryotic - has DNA inside the nucleus

also have cell walls, multiple cells

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3
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Are plants mobile or immobile?

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Immobile - they stay where they are (but of course, grow)

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4
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Are plants autotropic or heterotropic?

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Autotropic (they make their own food)

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5
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How do plants make their own food?

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Organelles called chloroplasts that absorb energy from the sun and nutrients from the soil to make its energy.

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6
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What is the process of making energy from sun and soil called that plants do?

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Photosynthesis

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7
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Are plants producers or consumers?

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producers

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8
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Do plants have tissues and organs?

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Yes, both

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9
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What is a tissue?

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When the same type of cells that have the same job

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10
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What is an organ?

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When a bunch of tissues work together to do the same thing

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11
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Define a plant

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A plant is an 
1.  immobile,
2. multicellular,
3. autoroph 
               with 
4.eukaryotic cells, 
               which have 
5. cell walls 
               that make up
6. tissues and organs.
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12
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Who was the guy that studied plants in the time of Aristotle? And when? What do they call him?

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Theo… 345 BC

Father of Botany

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13
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What are the characteristics of plants

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Eukaryotic
Multi-cellular
Cell walls
Organelles
Autotrophs
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14
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What is the name of the process that plants do to make their own food?

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Photosynthesis

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15
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What are four major types of plants of the 14 phylums?

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Mosses - Briophytes
Ferns - Terrophyta phylum
Coniferous - Gymnosperms
Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - Anthophyta

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16
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What is a very significant difference between plants?

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Some are vascular and some are non-vascular, but one phylum, briophyta (mosses) don’t have vascules

17
Q

What are two ways that plants accomplish reproduction?

A

Seeds and spores

18
Q

Which of the two groups we studied that use spores to reproduce?

A

Mosses

Ferns

19
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What is the leafy shoots of a moss

20
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Do Ferns have vascular tissue?

A

Yes. The vascular tissue means that you can have lon

21
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What are moss leaves called?

22
Q

Where are the spores on ferns?

A

On the bottom side of the leaf

23
Q

Where do ferns like to grow?

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Usually in warm like tropics, but can even go to

24
Q

What are the sequoia trees/

A

Coniferous

25
Q

Where are the seeds in Angiosperms?

A

In the flower

26
Q

Where do mosses live and why?

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In moist areas because they don’t have vascular tissues, so every cell has to get their own