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Lecture 1 Flashcards

1
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Other term for Botany

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Plant Biology

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2
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Father of Botany

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Theophrastus

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3
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Plants that flower or have seeds

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Phanerogams

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4
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Plants that do not flower but reproduces through spores

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Crytptogams

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5
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Classified plants into herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and trees

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Theophrastus

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6
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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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7
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Compiled his works in Materia Medica

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Pedanios Dioscorides

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8
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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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9
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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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10
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Main agendum of the botanist in Middle ages

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Plant classification

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11
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Record of medicinal plants

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herbals

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12
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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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13
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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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14
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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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15
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The most basic characterization of life

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Living things are composed of cells

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16
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biological hierarchy of life

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Living things have different levels of organizations

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17
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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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18
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Uses energy in the form of ATP

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Living organisms use energy

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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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What are the fungi cell walls primarily made of

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Chitin

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23
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What are plant cells primarily made of

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Cellulose

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24
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Two functions of microscope

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Magnify and resolve details of your specimen

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25
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How do microscopes magnify objects

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they have a two lens system that is capable of reflecting and refracting light which magnifies these objects

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26
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Father of Microscopy

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Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek

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27
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Types of Microscopes

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Simple Microscope
Compound Microscope
Light Microscope
Electron Microscope

28
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Microscope that only utilizes one lens to magnify objects

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Simple Microscope

29
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Microscope that has a two lens system

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Compound microscope

30
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What are the lenses of a compound microscope

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Objective lens and eye piece

31
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A microscope that uses light as a source of illumination

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Light Microscope

32
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Magnifies objects by the utilization of beams of electrons

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Electron Microscope

33
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Types of electron microscopes

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Scanner Electron microscope
Transmission electron microscope

34
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Scans the surface of an object then magnifies it

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Scanner Electron Microscope

35
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Allows beams of electrons to pass through the object itself to provide a clear picture in somewhat 3D model

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Transmission Electron Microscope

36
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Scientific Method

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Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Experimentation
Analysis
Conclusion

37
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Two important characteristic of science

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Experimentation and Repetition

38
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Studies the different plant process

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Plant physiology

39
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Study on important medical plants

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Pharmaceutical Botany

40
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Science of naming classifying plants

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Plant Taxonomy

41
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Study of the physical and external structure of plants

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Plant Morphology

42
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Deals with the recovery and identification of plant remains

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Paleobotany

43
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Geographical distribution of plants

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Phytogeography

44
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Science of growing fruit

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Pomology

45
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Study of mosses and liverworts

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Bryology

46
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Study of plants used for agriculture

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agronomy

47
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Study on how people of a particular culture and region makes use of indigenous plants

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Ethnobotany

48
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How are images of the object presented in a compound microscope

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Inverted

49
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Lenses that stay focus when magnification/focal length is changed

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Parfocal lenses

50
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what happens to an image when you open the iris diaphragm

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Opening the iris diaphragm would make the images brighter and more apparent

51
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Should you close one eye in viewing the microscope?

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If the microscope is a biocular compound microscope, then both eyes must be opened.

52
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A complex natural, biological process at which plants utilizes to make their own chemical energy

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Photosynthesis

53
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Organisms that could make food by utilizing energy from sunlight

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Photoautotrophs

54
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Structural components of plant cells that are made up of a long chain of sugar units bonded by glycosidic bonds

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Cellulose

55
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A fibrous structure polysaccharide that is composed of modified glucose chains

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Chitin

56
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Used to refer to the variation of living species that exists in one area

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Biodiversity

57
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Meaning of Botane

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grass

58
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The discovery of new plants in the seventeenth century was influenced by the _____________

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invention of printing and advancements in navigation

59
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Plants are source of medicine samples

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Origanum vulgare (oregano)

Blumea balsamifera - Sambong

Psidium guajava - Guava

Vitext negundo - lagundi

60
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Examples of plants used for fuel

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Zea mays

61
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Examples of plants used as a source of housing and construction materials

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Bamboo wood

Coconut trees

62
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Fabrics in the Philippines such as

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Musa textilis (abaca) and Ananas comusus (pineapple)

63
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Urban planners now incorporate green designs into modern cities through what is called

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urban rewilding

64
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Energy used by organisms primarily utilize energy in the form of ____________________

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Adenosine triphosphate

65
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The way the plants bend towards the light is an example of a range of responses called _______

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tropism

66
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Balance of botany that deals with the scientific study of plant diseases and their possible cures

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Plant Pathology

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