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botany
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study of plants
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biology
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"the study of living things"
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bio
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life
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ology
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the study of
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botane, gk
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plant
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classification
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process of placing things into groups
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bi
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two
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nome
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name
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clature
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to assign
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binomial
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two names
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nomenclature
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name assigning
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binomial nomenclature
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assigning two names
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kingdom
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one hugh group
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plant kingdom
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kingdom Plantae (plan' tay)
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naturalist
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one who studies nature
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vascular
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tubes that carry fluid
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veins (vaynes)
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tubes that carry fluid
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xylem (zy'lum)
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tubes-carry water/chemicals up plant
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phloem (floh' em)
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tubes-carry sugar/other chemicals down plant
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midrib
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one vein, middle of leaf, thicker than rest
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vascular plant
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a plant that has roots, stems, and leaves
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nonvascular plant
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a plant that doesn't have stems, roots, and leaves (not tubes in them)
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example of a
nonvascular plant |
moss that grows on rocks and trees
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lichens (like' un
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plant like clumps,grow on rocks
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pod
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vessel holds seeds, outer shell of peanut
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plants that make seeds
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angiosperms, and gymnosperms
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Anthrophyta (an' thoh fie" tuh) gk
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plants that make flowers
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angiosperm
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angio = container
sperm = another word for seed seed container |
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gymnosperm
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gymno = uncovered
sperm = seed uncovered seed |
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gymnosperm have four different phyla
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1. Coniferophyta (con ih' fur oh fye' tuh)
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Conifer (latin)
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cone bearer
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phyta
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plant
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phylum Pterophyta (tare uh fie' tuh)
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fern
wing plant |
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Is a fern vascular or non vascular?
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vascular
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ptero (gk)
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wing
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sporangia (spuh ran' jee uh)
(seedless vascular plant) |
angia = container
spore container |
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little balls that are filled with spores
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sporangia
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seed
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baby plant in a box with its lunch
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spore
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baby plant and a protective coating (no food for the baby plant)
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spore-maker, not a flower-maker
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fern
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nonvascular plant
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there are not tubes in the plant, plant must absorb water like a paper towel, need lots of water
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do non-vascular plants make seeds (mosses)
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no, they make sporangia
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phylum Bryophyta (bry oh fie' tuh).
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bryo (gk) = moss
"moss plant" |
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lichen are not really plants
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two living things
fungus (mushroom) + algie (al' jee)(small, microscope, usually live in water) |
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lichen -- if the air is very clean what color will the lichen be?
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green--the cleaner the air the greener the lichen
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