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Botany - Year 1, Sem 1 > What are Plants? > Flashcards

What are Plants? Flashcards

1
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food producers

A

autotrophs

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2
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What process is turning CO2 into glucose, oxygen, and ATP?

A

photosynthesis

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3
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What does ATP mean?

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adenosine triphosphate

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4
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has a nucleus (prokaryotic or eukaryotic?)

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eukaryotic

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5
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4 types of TROPISM?

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gravito (gravity), photo (light), auto (grow in a straight line), thigmo (stimuli)

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6
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photosynthesis started 2.8B years ago in what bacteria?

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cyanobacterium

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7
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process of eukaryotes gaining mitochondria and/or chloroplasts

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endosymbiosis

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8
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What was added to mitochondria that eventually evolved into plants & algae?

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chloroplasts

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9
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What do prokaryotic cells have for locomotion?

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flagella & pili

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10
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What do prokaryotes have that eukaryotes dont?

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cell wall

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12
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Do prokaryotes have circular or linear DNA?

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circular DNA

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13
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Do eukaryotic cells reproduce sexually or asexually?

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Asexually

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14
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what is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?

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mitosis splits into 2 daughter cells, meiosis splits into 4

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15
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What are the 6 characteristics of life?

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Cells, Homeostasis, Reproduction, Metabolism, DNA/Heredity, Growth & Development

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16
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which between DNA and RNA is double helix?

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DNA

17
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Does DNA or RNA handle protein synthesis?

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RNA

18
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Which characteristic is permanent, irreversible increase in size, cell differentiation ?

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Growth & Development

19
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What are the 2 types of organs plants have?

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Vegetative and Reproductive

20
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How many vegetative organs are there? Enumerate.

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3, stem, roots, and leaves

21
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What do you call where the leaves are attached?

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Nodes

22
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What buds turn into flowers?

A

Axillary buds

23
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What do you call the largest leaf found in North America, Brazil?

A

Gunnera manicata

24
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What do you call the tallest rice palm leaves in Angola, Nigeria?

A

Raphia regalis

25
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What do you call the largest waterleaf

A

Victoria amazonica

26
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How many reproductive organs are there? Enumerate.

A

4, spores, cones, seeds, flowers

27
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What is bryophyta, hepatophyta, and anthoceraphyta?

A

moss, liverworts, and hornwort.

28
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What are pteridophytes?

A

Ferns

29
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What are gymnosperms?

A

Conifers

30
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What are angiosperms?

A

Flower-bearing plants.

Botany - Year 1, Sem 1 (5 decks)

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