Why are plants important

Question 1

Why are plants important?

Answer 1

Plants are autotroph organisms 
Sustain life
Exist in all the environment
Oxygen Atmosphere
Basics of all food chains and life

Question 2

Ecosystem Services

Answer 2

Plants for other organisms, plants on plants (epiphytic plants)

Question 3

How are plants and animals different?

Answer 3

Photosynthesis 
Can't move
Animals have terminated growth while plants have indefinite
Plants have maximum outside 
Animals have maximum inside

Question 4

Plants are immobile this means…

Answer 4

Need to move pollen via insect/wind
Move fruit/seed via natural dispersal mechanism
Only aquatic with shallow roots can move a bit
Chloroplasts and Chlorophyll
Have cell walls

Question 5

Fundamental Properties of Life

Answer 5

Growth and Reproduction
Response to environmental changes
Evolve and Adapt
Metabolism 
Structure
Composition

Question 6

How many plants are involved in human use?

Answer 6

350000 plant species
approx. 30,000 species used by human society
More unknown plants on earth
2500-3000 edible species
150 species in the industrial world
20 highly domesticated species feed the world