Botany Flashcards

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Sciences of Botany

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Plant Morphology, Anatomy, Cytology, Taxonomy, Geography, Ecology, Pathology, Physiology, Genetics

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Daughter Sciences of Botany

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Bacteriology, Forestry, Horticulture, Agronomy

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Vegetative parts of a plant

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Roots, Stem, Leaves

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Reproductive parts of a plant

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Cones and Flowers

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Characteristics of a plant

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Most plants are able to manufacture their own food
Most plants have green pigment called Chlorophyll
Most plants have cellulose
Most plants are stationary
Most plants have an unlimited scheme of growth
Most plants produce spores

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6 Functions of the roots

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Absorption of water and dissolved materials
Anchorage of a plant
Conduction of water and dissolved substances from the root, up into the stem and of foods from the stem down into the root
Storage of food and water
Reproduction
Photosynthesis in a few species

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5 Functions of the stem

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Conduction of materials from roots to leaves and from leaves to roots
Storage of foods and other substances
Productions and support leaves and flowers or cones
Reproduction
Photosynthesis

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Function of the leaves

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Manufacture of foods from water, mineral salts, and carbon-dioxide of the air

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