Introduction to Botany Flashcards
Branch of science that deals with the study of plants and its fundamental process; a natural science
Botany
Botany + Zoology
Biology
Father of Botany
Theophrastus (372-287 BC)
Theophrastus was Aristotle’s student
True
Theophrastus’ first written literature about plants
De Historia Plantarum
What did the father of botany first described?
Anatomy of plants
The father of botany classified the anatomy of plants into what
trees, shrubs, herbaceous, perennials and herbs
The top 5 famous Botanist’s
- Carl Linnaeus
- George Washington Carver
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Agnes Arber
- Gregor Mendel
Name 3 Filipino Botanist’s
- Dr. Victor B. Amoroso
- Jose R. Velasco, Ph. D.
- Magdalena C. Cantoria, Ph. D.
Give 5 branches of Botany
- Plant Genetics
- Plant Anatomy
- Cytology (Plant Cell Biology)
- Plant Pathology
- Pomology
- Paleobotany
Why is the study of plants important?
- Plants releases oxygen
- Plants are primary producers
- Economically important to humans
Economic importance of Plants
- Agricultural plants (food)
- 90% of the world’s food energy intake) - Flavoring plants :herbs and spices
- Fiber and wood plants
- Medicinal plants
- Plant extracts: essential oil, gums, rubber etc
5 careers you can do with botany
- Proceed to (a) medicine (b) graduate programs
- Teacher/ Professor
- Airport Wildlife Biologist
- Biologist (Dept. of the Army)
- Farm Manager
- Wildlife technician
The characteristics of Life
- Growth (and development)
- Reproduce (offspring)
- Heredity (of traits)
- Homeostasis (stable inner conditions)
- Metabolism (energy from chemical reactions)
- Cellular (structure & composition)
- Respond (to the environment)
It is an inherited feature that improves an organism’s ability to survive
Adaptation
Every living thing exhibits this; as every living things increase in size and number of cells
Growth
It is transferred to offspring in one of two ways
Heredity (hereditary information (DNA))
All living things are compose of one or more microscopic cells
Cellular (structure and composition)
Refers to all chemical reactions an organism uses to take in and transform energy from the environment
Metabolism (energy from chemical reaction)
A process when plants convert solar energy into chemical energy
Photosynthesis
It is the production of new organisms that is essential for the continuation of a species; can be sexual or asexual
Reproduce (offspring) or Reproduction
The maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions
Homeostasis (stable inner conditions)
it is a stimulus that cam be within or outside the organism; physical or chemical change in the environment are the factors that could cause this
Respond (to the environment)
It is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions
Scientific Method
A step in the scientific method whereas you start to question (how, who, what, where, which and why)
Problem
A step in the scientific method whereas you make and educated guess
Hypothesis
A step in the scientific method whereas you test the hypothesis and identify the design of the study
Experimentation
A step in the scientific method whereas you based it on the results of the experiment
Conclusion
