Definition Flashcards
is the branch of Biology that deals with the study of plants.
Botany
is a process by which phototrophs convert light energy into chemical energy, which is later used to fuel cellular activities.
Photosynthesis
are organisms that prepare their own food through the process of photosynthesis,
Autotrophs
use energy from the sun and electrons form an inorganic molecule
Photoautotrophs
a complex carbohydrate, or polysaccharide, consisting of 3,000 or more glucose units.
Cellulose
is a large, structural polysaccharide made from chains of modified glucose.
Chitin
a seed plant or flowering plant : SPERMATOPHYTE
Phanerogams
a plant or plantlike organism (such as a fern, moss, alga, or fungus) reproducing by spores and not producing flowers or seed
Cryptogams
the body of remedial substances used in the practice of medicine
Materia medica
a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.
Biodiversity