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Other term for Botany

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Plant Biology

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Father of Botany

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Theophrastus

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Plants that flower or have seeds

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Phanerogams

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Plants that do not flower but reproduces through spores

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Crytptogams

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Classified plants into herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and trees

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Theophrastus

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Described substantially the biological, medicinal, and agricultural aspects of plants

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Caius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder)

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Compiled his works in Materia Medica

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Pedanios Dioscorides

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How many plant species did Pedanius Dioscorides described in Materia Medica

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600 species

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Name of the plants introduced by Pedanius Dioscorides

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Aloe, Anemone, Phaseolus, and Aristolochia

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Main agendum of the botanist in Middle ages

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Plant classification

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Record of medicinal plants

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herbals

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Allows scientists to extract novel compounds that are refined to produce new medicines

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Bioprospecting

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Enumerate the importance of plant to science and society

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The main source of:
Food
Medicine
Fuel
Housing and construction materials
Accessories, clothing, and cosmetics

Contribute to the understanding of nature
Inspire arts and humanities
Improvement of urban ecology
Conservation of biodiversity
Buffer the changing of climate

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Characteristics of life

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Living things are composed of cells
Living things have different levels of organizations
Living things reproduce
Living organisms use energy
Living organisms respond to their environment
Living organisms grow and develop
Living organisms adapt to their environment

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The most basic characterization of life

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Living things are composed of cells

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biological hierarchy of life

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Living things have different levels of organizations

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This characteristic is part of what is known as cell theory

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Living things reproduce

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Uses energy in the form of ATP

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Living organisms use energy

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Environments where organisms are part of are full of stimuli to which organisms respond

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Living organisms respond to their environment

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Replacement of old and dying cells in the body

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Living organisms growth and develop

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Sets of characteristics of plants

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Multicellular eukaryotes
Photosynthesis - makes them autotrophs where they produce their own foods
The plant wall has cellulose
Two adult forms that alternate in producing each other
Have multicellular embryo

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What are the fungi cell walls primarily made of

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Chitin

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What are plant cells primarily made of

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Cellulose

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Two functions of microscope

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Magnify and resolve details of your specimen

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How do microscopes magnify objects
they have a two lens system that is capable of reflecting and refracting light which magnifies these objects
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Father of Microscopy
Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek
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Types of Microscopes
Simple Microscope Compound Microscope Light Microscope Electron Microscope
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Microscope that only utilizes one lens to magnify objects
Simple Microscope
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Microscope that has a two lens system
Compound microscope
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What are the lenses of a compound microscope
Objective lens and eye piece
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A microscope that uses light as a source of illumination
Light Microscope
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Magnifies objects by the utilization of beams of electrons
Electron Microscope
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Types of electron microscopes
Scanner Electron microscope Transmission electron microscope
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Scans the surface of an object then magnifies it
Scanner Electron Microscope
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Allows beams of electrons to pass through the object itself to provide a clear picture in somewhat 3D model
Transmission Electron Microscope
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Scientific Method
Observation Question Hypothesis Experimentation Analysis Conclusion
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Two important characteristic of science
Experimentation and Repetition
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Studies the different plant process
Plant physiology
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Study on important medical plants
Pharmaceutical Botany
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Science of naming classifying plants
Plant Taxonomy
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Study of the physical and external structure of plants
Plant Morphology
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Deals with the recovery and identification of plant remains
Paleobotany
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Geographical distribution of plants
Phytogeography
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Science of growing fruit
Pomology
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Study of mosses and liverworts
Bryology
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Study of plants used for agriculture
agronomy
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Study on how people of a particular culture and region makes use of indigenous plants
Ethnobotany
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How are images of the object presented in a compound microscope
Inverted
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Lenses that stay focus when magnification/focal length is changed
Parfocal lenses
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what happens to an image when you open the iris diaphragm
Opening the iris diaphragm would make the images brighter and more apparent
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Should you close one eye in viewing the microscope?
If the microscope is a biocular compound microscope, then both eyes must be opened.
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A complex natural, biological process at which plants utilizes to make their own chemical energy
Photosynthesis
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Organisms that could make food by utilizing energy from sunlight
Photoautotrophs
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Structural components of plant cells that are made up of a long chain of sugar units bonded by glycosidic bonds
Cellulose
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A fibrous structure polysaccharide that is composed of modified glucose chains
Chitin
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Used to refer to the variation of living species that exists in one area
Biodiversity
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Meaning of Botane
grass
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The discovery of new plants in the seventeenth century was influenced by the _____________
invention of printing and advancements in navigation
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Plants are source of medicine samples
Origanum vulgare (oregano) Blumea balsamifera - Sambong Psidium guajava - Guava Vitext negundo - lagundi
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Examples of plants used for fuel
Zea mays
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Examples of plants used as a source of housing and construction materials
Bamboo wood Coconut trees
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Fabrics in the Philippines such as
Musa textilis (abaca) and Ananas comusus (pineapple)
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Urban planners now incorporate green designs into modern cities through what is called
urban rewilding
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Energy used by organisms primarily utilize energy in the form of ____________________
Adenosine triphosphate
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The way the plants bend towards the light is an example of a range of responses called _______
tropism
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Balance of botany that deals with the scientific study of plant diseases and their possible cures
Plant Pathology

Botany Lab (25 decks)

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