Vocabulary

Question 1

What is the science involving the study of plants?

Answer 1

Botany

Question 2

What is an unproven explanation for something that has been observed?

Answer 2

Hypothesis

Question 3

List the 6 levels of organization in an ecosystem.

Answer 3

1. Individual
2. Population
3. Community
4. Ecosystem
5. Biome
6. Biosphere
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Question 4

What is the study of how and why plants are distributed where they are?

Answer 4

Plant Geography

Question 5

What is the study of the form and structure of plants?

Answer 5

Plant Morphology

Question 6

What is the study of heredity?

Answer 6

Genetics

Question 7

What is the name of the field that studies past climates by examining the width and other features of trees?

Answer 7

Dendrochronology

Question 8

What is the name of the field that studies plant fossils to understand how plants have evolved?

Answer 8

Paleobotany

Question 9

What is the name of a scientist that specializes in the identifying, naming, and classification of plants?

Answer 9

Plant Taxonomist

Question 10

What involves describing, naming, and classifying organisms?

Answer 10

Taxonomy