Chapter 1 Plants

Question 1

What are three reasons why we study

Answer 1

Help conserve
Learn more about world
Better harness ability

Question 2

Formula of photosynthesis

Answer 2

CO2+H2O—> sugar and oxygen

Question 3

What is major objective of studying plants, by how much

Answer 3

Increase yields of food

70% in next forty years

Question 4

What are limits of plant growth

Answer 4

drought

Availability of fertilizer

Question 5

Production is increasing faster than….. than ?

Answer 5

Population growth

Question 6

6 main characteristics of plants

Answer 6

Green
Chlorophyll
Photosynthetic 
Rigid structure (cell wall of cellulose)
Plants don't move
Common mode of reproduction=flowers fruits seeds spores(except ferns and pines)

Question 7

Is fungi a plant ? What do they have that plans have

Answer 7

Not a plant
Decomposer
Cell wall

Question 8

Who laid down the foundation for biological classification systems
What system?
Classification of plant based on?

Answer 8

Carl Linnaeus 18th century
Binomial system (genus and species)
Reproductive structures

Question 9

Major change since Linnaeus

That organisms are classified by

Answer 9

Basing on revolutionary and genetic relatedness not just looks
(Natural selection favoring mutations)

Question 10

Five kingdoms of organisms

Answer 10

Bacteria animals fungi Protista and plants

Question 11

First organisms what and when

What did they start to form which brought oxygen

Answer 11

Bacteria 3.5 bya

Photosynthesis

Question 12

What were first organisms to colonize dry land ? When

Most diverse group

Answer 12

Green plant kingdom
450 mya
Angiosperms

Question 13

When did origin of life start
When did photosynthesis evolve
When did multicellular organisms evolve (more complex from bacteria)

Answer 13

3.5 bya
3 bya
1.5 bya

Question 14

Green land plants evolved when and did they evolve with other groups ?

Answer 14

1 billion years ago

No separate

Question 15

Animals are more related to what than what

Answer 15

Fungi

Plants