The study of plants Flashcards

1
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Science in Latin?

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Scientia = Knowledge

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The nature of science should be:

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Empirical, Objective, Repeatable, Predictable, Falsifiable

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3
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It is a way of knowing the scientific orientations and a perspective about plant life

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Botany

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4
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Any scientific research intends to come up with?

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Logical differences

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5
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Is an intellectual tool that most scientists use to arrive at a certain truth with a certain phenomenon

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Scientific method

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6
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Is a set of steps that help us search what is the truth

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Scientific method

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7
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Designing a _____ is a crucial step in scientific method

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Scientific experiment

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In _____, treatments should be controlled, it must have a controlled set-up, includes a dependent variable, and includes an experimental variable

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Scientific experiment

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9
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Is an English mathematician and biostatistician who introduced the tool ‘fusion distribution’ that is widely used in the study of Botany

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Pearson

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10
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What are the unifying principles of life?

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Highly organized, Can acquire materials for energy, Ability to respond, Capable of reproduction, Can grow and develop, and Have certain adaptation to survive

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11
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It is defined as the sum of all chemical reactions

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Metabolism

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It requires energy to make complex molecules into singular ones

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Catabolism or energy-yielding metabolism

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It requires energy to grow and build simple molecules into a complex one

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Anabolism or biosynthetic metabolism

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14
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A kind of metabolism that is the breaking down of materials

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Catabolism

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A kind of metabolism that is the building up of materials

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Anabolism

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16
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Male and female in one individual

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Monoecious

17
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Male and female in separate individuals

18
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It is the irreversible change in size

19
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It is the progression from earlier to later stages of maturation, indeterminate growth, morphogenesis, and differentiation

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Development

20
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It is a process by which species become modified over time

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Natural selection

21
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Only plants possess this type of cell wall

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Cellulosic cell wall

22
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Organisms that can do photosynthesis

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Photoautotrophs

23
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The characteristics that make a plant a plant

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Unifying principles of life/plant, Photoautotrophs, Cellulosic cell wall, Transport of materials, Sedentary, and Mechanism to avoid dessication

24
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The ______ is defined by the cell wall shape, genetic development, and physiological function

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Plant body

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What are the three common tissue systems in all plant organisms?
Dermal, Vascular, and Ground tissue
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Plants are the only organisms that possess a cellulosic cell wall, true or false?
True
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It is the main collector of solar energy
Plants
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The process of water evaporating to the leaf is called?
Transpiration
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The steps of scientific method
1. Observation 2. Formulating a problem 3. Proposing a hypothesis 4. Experimentation or testing 5. Analysis of results 6. Stating the conclusion 7. Writing the results and reporting them
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Meristems is derived from what greek word?
Merizein = to divide