Intro to Botany

Question 1

What are general characteristics of plants? (8)

Answer 1

Made of eukaryotic cells
Photosynthesize 
Sessile 
Have a cell wall
Contain vascular tissue (most of them)
True leaves
True stems
True roots

Question 2

What does sessile mean?

Answer 2

Don’t move on their own

Question 3

What is the cell wall made of?

Answer 3

Cellulose

Question 4

What is the saying to remember the taxonomic scheme?

Answer 4

Dumb
Kinky
People 
Come
Over
For
Great
Sex

Question 5

What is the taxonomic scheme?

Answer 5

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 6

What do botanist use in their taxonomic scheme instead of phylum?

Answer 6

Division

Question 7

Parts of words, parts of words: sperm

Answer 7

Means seed

Question 8

Parts of words, parts of words: phyta

Answer 8

Means plant

Question 9

What two sections are plants divided in?

Answer 9

Non-vascular

Vascular

Question 10

Give an example of a non-vascular division

Answer 10

Baryophyta

Question 11

What is the common name for baryophyta?

Answer 11

Moss

Question 12

What two sections are vascular plants divided into?

Answer 12

Non-seeded

Seeded

Question 13

Give an example of a non-seeded division

Answer 13

Pteridophyte

Question 14

What is the common name for pteridophyta

Answer 14

Fern

Question 15

What two sections are seeded plants divided into?

Answer 15

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

Question 16

Give an example of a gymnosperm division

Answer 16

Coniferophyta

Question 17

What is the common name for coniferophyta?

Answer 17

Pine tree

Question 18

Give an example of an angiosperm division

Answer 18

Magnoliophyta

Question 19

What are the two sections magnoliophyta are divided into

Answer 19

Monocotyledonae (monocot)

Docotyledonae (dicot)

Question 20

What is the plant kingdom?

Answer 20

Plantae