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1
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it is the scientific study of plants

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Botany

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are those organisms which contains nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

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Eukaryotic

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3
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examples of eukaryotic

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animals, fungi, protists, human

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a single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and other membrane bound-organelles

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prokaryotic

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2 distinct groups of prokaryotic

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bacteria and archaea

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examples of prokaryotic

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cyanobacteria, lactobacillus acidophilus, archaea, nostoc, anabaena

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7
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living things that can make its own food from simple chemical substances. They are also known as producers

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Autotrophic

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8
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examples of autotrophic

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plants, algae, plankton, bacteria

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are organisms that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients. They are the consumers

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heterotrophic

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10
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examples of heterotrophic

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dogs, birds, fish, humans, yeast

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11
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where do photosynthesis occur

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chloroplast

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12
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what time of the day does photosynthesis occur?

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during daylight

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13
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is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.

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Photosynthesis

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14
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it involves using the sugars produced during photosynthesis plus oxygen to produce energy for plant growth

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Respiration

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15
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what makes the cell wall of plant cells rigid

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Cellulose

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16
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is a diploid, multicellular spore-producing phase in the life cycle of the plant body which exhibits alternation of generation. It develops from zygote and produces spores by meiosis.

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Sporophyte

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17
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examples of sporophyte

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bryophyte, ferns, club mosses, horsetail, conifers, cycads, angiosperms

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18
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it is the sexual phase of the life cycle of plants and algae

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gametophyte

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19
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haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes

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gametophyte

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20
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example of gametophyte

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mosses, hornworts

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21
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are advanced plants with a transporting function that occurred through xylem and phloem

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vascular plants

22
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are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem

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Non-vascular

23
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Scientific name of Liverworts

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Phylum Marchantiophyta

24
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Scientific name of hornworts

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Phylum Anthocerophyta

25
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Scientific Name of Mosses

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Phylum Bryophyta

26
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Where does liverworts, mosses, hornworts belong to?

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Bryophytes

27
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have no flowers or fruits and have naked seeds on the surface of their leaves

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gymnosperms

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example of gymnosperms

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conifers, cycads, ginkgo biloba, pines

29
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plants that produce flowers and bear their seeds

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angiosperms

30
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monocot

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one cotyledon

31
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eudicot

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two cotyledon

32
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the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar

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photosynthetic

33
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the process by which microbes create sugars using energy released from chemical reactions

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chemosynthetic

34
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life cycle of annual

35
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life cycle of biennial

36
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life cycle of perrenial

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more than 2 years

37
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refers to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant

38
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examples of herb

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rosemary, mint, green onion, aloe vera

39
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any plant with a growth habit of trailing

40
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a woody plant that is smaller than a tree

41
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plants that live in water

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hydrophyte

42
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plants which naturally survive in salt-contaminated environments and can tolerate salinity concentration

43
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a group of plants that are adapted to survive in arid regions like desert and snow-covered areas

44
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plants that are adpated neither to a particularly wet nor a particularly dry environment

45
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what are parts of a plant cell that animal cell dont have

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cell wall and chloroplast

46
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what are parts of animal cell that plant cells dont have

47
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Ginkgo

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Phylum Ginkgophyta

48
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Conifers

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Phylum Coniferophyta

49
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angiosperm

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phylum anthophyta

50
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3 living genera of phylum gnetophyta

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  1. welwitschia mirabilis
  2. ephedra
  3. Gnetum
51
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why are humans eukaryotic

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because they possess a nucleus enclosed by the nuclear membrane

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