Lesson 1: Plant Biology Flashcards
The art or practice of garden cultivation and management
Horticulture
The scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.
Botany
The scientific classification and identification of plants based on their characteristics and relationships.
Taxonomy
Plants that produce seeds but do not have flowers or fruits.
Gymnosperm
Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed within a fruit.
Angiosperm
The series of stages and changes that an organism goes through from birth to reproduction and death.
Life Cycle
A plant that completed its life cycle within one year
Annual
A plant that completes its life cycle in two years, typically flowering and producing seeds in the second year
Biennial
A plant that lives or multiples years, often producing flowers and seeds repeatedly
Perennial
Plants that grow where they are not desired and complex with cultivated plants for resources.
Weeds
Structures in flowering plants that develop from fertilized ovaries and contain seeds.
Fruits
Edible plants or plant parts that are not classified as fruits, including roots, stems, leaves, and flowers
Vegetables
A two-name system for naming plants
Binomial Nomenclature System
A classification includes all plants that are similar in physical structure; the genus name is the first word listed in the plants name.
Genus
A structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food
Chloroplasts
Carbon dioxide is converted to sugar and oxygen through a chemical process.
Photosynthesis
Male reproductive part of the flower
Stamen
The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
Pistil
Loss of water through the leaves or plants
Transpiration
Green pigment that performs photosynthesis which is found within the chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
The science, art, and business of cultivating soil and productions crops and raising livestock to meet basic needs
Agriculture
The science of soil management ad crop production
Agronomy
A heated or temperature regulated glass or plastic building which plants are grown that need protection from cold weather or other natured elements
Greenhouse
A place where plants, shrubs, and ornamental trees are started for transplanting to landscape areas
Nursery
A group of plants that evolved together and have similar characteristics
Species
