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30 Cards in this Set
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What is the study of plants?
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Botany
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What is the process of classifing things?
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Taxonomy
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What are the people who study biology called?
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biologists
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What is the study of life, or living things?
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biology
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What is taxonomy?
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The process of classifying things.
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Are all botanists biologists?
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Yes
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What is binomial nomenclature?
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Using 2 names (genus and species) for a living thing.
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Are all biologists Botanists?
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No
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Why do scientists use Latin?
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It allows people from Different countries to have common names for the things they are studying, and it doesn't change.
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What is botany?
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Study of plants.
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In a shoe taxonomy system a example the kingdoms would be:
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Kingdoms: work shoes, play shoes, dress shoes
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In a shoe taxonomy system a example of a phyla would be:
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Phyla: boots, regular shoes
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In a shoe taxonomy system a example of a class would be:
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Class: Shoes with laces, shoes with out laces.
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In a shoe taxonomy system a example of a family would be:
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Family: Hard soles, soft soles
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In a shoe taxonomy system a example of a genera would be:
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Genera: open toed, closed toed
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In a shoe taxonomy system a example of a spieces would be:
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Species: shoe color
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What makes a plant vascular?
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A vascular plant has tubews inside it.
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What does your vascular system do?
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Carry blood
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What else have you learned so far about vascular plants?
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The tubes in plants are xylem and pholoem, and the main vein in a leaf is the midrib.
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What are angiosperms are?
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Plants that make flowers
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What does angiosperm mean?
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Seed container
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In which phylum do botanists put the angiosperms?
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Phylum Anthophyta
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What does the name of the phylum mean?
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Flower plant
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So name one thing about a angiosperm?
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makes flowers
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What are gymnosperms?
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Plants that make cones
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What does the word coniferophyta mean?
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Cone bearing plant.
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What do ferns and mosses have in common?
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They make sporangia
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What is the different between ferns and mosses?
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Ferns are vascular and mosses are not.
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What is the phylum for ferns?
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Phylum Pterophyta
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What is the phylum for mosses?
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Phylum Bryophyta
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