Plant Biology
People who study the interaction of people and plants in their environment are...
Ethnobotanists
Potatoes are swollen underground tubers that botanically are modified...
stems
Plants whose leaves fall off at the end of the growing season are...
Deciduous
The leaf arrangement of a stem with one leaf at each node is called...
alternate
This name describes the maple family
Aceraceae
This is the scientific investigation of the biology of plants
Botany
These are underground stems with food storing leaves. Onions and garlic are example
bulbs
A cluster of leaflets attached to the end of the petiole would be characteristic of a...
whorled leaf
Most leaves are attached to the stem by the...
petiole
The first person of note to attempt to organize and classify plants was...
Theophrastus
The Swedish botanist who produced the elements of our present system of naming and classifying plants in the eighteenth century was...
Carolus Linnaeus
A carrot is an example of a root system characterized by one main root, that is, a...
tap root
A leaf arrangement in which there are three or more leaves at a node is called...
whorled
This type of leaf has a single blade
simple
In the thirteenth century A.D., features of stem structure were used to recognize the following two groups...
monocots and dicots
The two word scientific name that is given to every known species of plant is called a
Binomial
These are horizontal stems that grow below ground, often near the surface of the soil
Rhizomes
A leaf arrangement in which there are two leaves at a node is called...
opposite
These are the tiny pores in leaves
stomata
The kingdom-level classification system is now preceded by the ________ category, which is based on evolutionary and biochemical characteristics of all living organism
domain
These people study plant relationships, identify and classify plants into groups based on genetic similarity, and name plants according to these groups
taxonomists
These resemble bulbs but differ from them being composed almost entirely of stem tissue
Corms
Leaves and buds are attached to the stem at the...
nodes
What are the 2 types of vein arrangements on leaves
Pinnate and Palmate
Linnaeus' classes were based primarily on...
stamens