Introduction

Question 1

Etymology of botany

Answer 1

Botane (greek) - botanikos (greek) - botanique (French) - botanic (English)- botany

Question 2

Scientific method steps

Answer 2

1. Recognize a problem
   
   2. Develop a hypothesis
   3. Design and perform experiment
   4. Analyze and interpret the data
      
      5. Share a new knowledge

Question 3

Characteristics of plants

Answer 3

eukaryotic, multi-cellular, have cell walls, chloroplasts containing chlorophyll a and b, photosynthetic (majority), lacking power of locomotion, producing embryos

Question 4

What differentiates plants from algae and seaweed

Answer 4

ability to produce embryos

Question 5

Characteristic of living things about biological hierarchy

Answer 5

organization

Question 6

characteristics of living things

Answer 6

organization, exchange of energy with the environment, interactions with environment, growth, reproduction, heredity, evolution

Question 7

ability to adapt to changes in the environment

Answer 7

evolution

Question 8

ability to pass on characteristics through DNA

Answer 8

heredity

Question 9

Ø Plants form new individuals by asexual or sexual production

Answer 9

reproduction

Question 10

criteria of science

Answer 10

Consistent
Observable
Natural
Predictable
Testable
Tentative