UNIT 1 Flashcards
- the LARGEST SEED IN THE WORLD
produces 50 to 100 fruits each year
Coconut palm tree
can extract oil
Copra or dried coconut meat
used to thatch a roof or to weave baskets/hats
Leaves of the coconut tree
The scientific study of plants
plant biology or botany
study the structures and functions of important biological molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
study of the chemical interactions within plants, including the variety of
chemicals that plants produce.
PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY
– encompasses the structures, functions, and life processes of plant cells
PLANT CELL BIOLOGY
is microscopic plant structures (cells and tissues).
PLANT ANATOMY
– refers to the structures of plant parts such as leaves, roots, and stems, including their evolution and development.
PLANT MORPHOLOGY
– study such processes as photosynthesis and mineral nutrition to understand how plants function
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
- is the study of the interrelationships among plants and between plants and their environment
PLANT ECOLOGY
specialty on plant heredity and variation
PLANT GENETICS
encompasses the evolutionary relationships among different plant groups
PLANT SYSTEMATICS
a subdiscipline of systematics, deals with the description, naming and
classification of plants.
PLANT TAXONOMY
- is the study of the biology and the evolution of plants in the geologic past
PALEOBOTANY
study of mosses and similar plants.
BRYOLOGY
field crops and soils
AGRONOMY
ornamental plants and fruit and vegetable crops
HORTICULTURE
forest conservation and forest products such as lumber
FORESTRY
plants with commercial importance
ECONOMIC BOTANY
CHARACTERICTICS OF PLANTS
- Plants are highly organized
- Plants take in and use energy
- Plants respond to stimuli
- Plants grow and develop
- Plants reproduce
- Plant DNA transmits information from one generation to the next
- Plant population undergo genetic changes over time
which is microscopic, is the smallest unit that can perform all the activities associated with life.
Cells
is the smallest particle of an element that possesses the properties of that element.
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