Test 1 Flashcards
How long ago was the BIG BANG?
13.7 BYA
How long ago did the Sun originate?
4.6 BYA
How long ago did the Earth & Moon originate?
4.5 BYA
Where did life begin first? Water or Land?
WATER
How long ago did Prokaryotes originate?
3.5 BYA
How long ago did Eukaryotes originate?
3 BYA
How long ago did O2 rich oceans, land vertebrates, land plants, land fungi originate?
700-375 MYA
What came 375-250 MYA?
Amphibians, reptiles, mammals, FLOWERING PLANTS
Did secondary metabolites rise since the origin of life?
TRUE
When did Primates & Humans come?
50-0 MYA
When did the HUMAN LINEAGE arise?
7 MYA
Homo sapiens arose how many years ago?
200,000 years ago
Place Bronze Age/Writing, Printing, Agriculture, Guns, Extensive exploration on ships, Microscopy, & Cells in the order of occurrence.
1) Agriculture
2) Bronze Age/Writing
3) Guns
4) Printing
5) Extensive exploration on ships
6) Microscopy
7) Cells
Anthropologists, archeologists and paleobotanist have recently used WHAT as evidence for the development of agriculture?
WEED POLLEN
Medical Botany includes the consideration of
Organisms with cell walls
Which plant family has square stalks (cross section), opposite leaves and usually have aromatic odors associated with them:
Mint Family (Lamiaceae)
Which plant family does Hibiscus, Okra belong to & Flowers have five petals, numerous stamens (male parts) fused to form a column around the pistil (female part), various plant parts have a mucilaginous (slimy) texture.
Malvaceae, has mucilaginous property that can treat burns & sunburns.
It has polysaccharides with help strengthen hydrogen (in between skin) after damage
Which family has irregular flowers with a Banner petal, two wing petals and two petals fused to form a keel?
Pea/Bean Family (Fabaceae)
Which plant family has regular or symmetrical flowers with four petals, six stamens (four tall, two short) ?
Mustard family (Brassicaceae) ALL EDIBLE
What are Dicotyledons?
(two-seed(bean,embryo)-leaf) Net-Veined, Complicated plant structure
What are Monocotyledons?
(one-seed-leaf) Parallel veins, Straight veined, Simple plant structure
Which family has five petaled flowers with lots of little stamens (male parts) in the middle and usually have astringent properties due to tannins?
Rose family (Rosaceae)
Typically each composite flower from this family have two kinds of inflorescence ray petals and disc inflorescence. The disc inflorescence in the center contains flowers that usually give rise to seeds and each are tiny flowers themselves.
Aster family (Asteraceae)
Typically flowers of this family have three sepals and three petals that are identical in size and color (and therefore it looks like there are six petals).
Lily family (Liliaceae)
Usually members of this family are wind-pollinated and do not invest much resources in making attractive flowers for insects. The flower stems show nodes or knees which are growth points of the plant.
Grass and oats family (Poaceae)
An interesting example mentioned in the “Plant as a Pugilist” is “change artist,” an attacker that can enter a plant as a biotroph and transform into a necrotroph.
TRUE
The great dying was a period extending over 100,000 years when:
70% of life on land and 90% of marine life disappeared and the reasons are unknown
The cradle of evolution is rooted in the idea
Species actually got their start near the equator
A fossil from WHAT (plant) gives us insight to the Permian, a finding that it dates earlier than previously expected.
Podocarps conifer
A fossil found in WHAT gives us insight to the Permian, a finding that it dates earlier than previously expected.
The Middle East
Researchers from which two “silo” fields of biology eventually gave us great insight into how plants thrive at the base of the food chain (as discussed in the Pugilist paper) ?
Plant Pathologists & Evolutionary Biology
What family has “umbrella” shaped and it is aromatic?
Apiaceae… not all edible and they look like baby bush
What family has 2 sepals, 4 petals, 4 or 8 stamens and a 4 parted stigma. It is usually the same or 2x the stamens compared to the petals?
Evening Primrose family (Onagraceae)
What are Podocarps?
group of ancient evergreens
What is global catalysm?
a violent physical action producing changes in Earths surface
What are proposed to contribute to these Permian: Date ranges? What may have contributed?
Permian period: 299-251 MYA. The permian period is when Earths landmasses merged together to form a supercontinent bringing cooler and drier climates together.
What may have contributed must have been a volcanic eruption, earthquakes, and the earth crust contributing to a seismic wave.