Introduction Flashcards
1
Q
Two (2) Types of Benefits We Get from Plants
A
- Direct
- Indirect
2
Q
Examples of direct benefits from plants
A
- food
- medicine
3
Q
Examples of indirect benefits from plants
A
- oxygen
- aesthetic value
4
Q
study of life specifically plants
A
Botany
5
Q
Eight (8) Fundamentals of Botany
A
- Plant metabolism is based on the principles of chemistry and physics.
- Have a means of storing and using information.
- Reproduce positive genes to their descendants.
- Genes in the information, they contain change
- Must survive in their own environment.
- Highly integrated organisms.
- An individual plant is a temporary result of the interaction of genes and the environment.
- Do not have purpose or decision-making capacity.
6
Q
Scientific Fundamental Tenets
A
- Source of Information
- Phenomena that can be studied
- Constancy and Universality
- Basis
7
Q
All body of knowledge documented are carefully picked
A
Source of Information
8
Q
Only tangible things can be observed
A
Phenomena that can be studied
9
Q
Physical forces that control the world are constant
A
Constancy and Universality
10
Q
- accept everything with skepticism
- not everything is true
A
Basis
11
Q
Earth is the center of universe
A
Geocentric Concept