BIOLOGY 513- COLLEGE PREP

UNIT NINE: BOTANY: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLANTS

UNIT OBJECTIVES

 

 

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS UNIT, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:

 

¨      DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.

¨      DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF ALGAE.

¨      EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF ALGAE TO HUMANS.

¨      DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MOSSES STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTION AND SURVIVAL.

¨      IDENTIFY THE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES OF ROOTS, STEMS AND LEAVES.

¨      IDENTIFY THE ALTERNATION OF GENERATION THAT OCCURS IN A PLANT.

¨      COMPARE THE FUNCTION OF XYLEM AND PHLOEM.

¨      LIST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONOCOTS AND DICOTS.

¨      LIST THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGIOSPERMS AND GYMNOSPERMS.

¨      DISCUSS THE COEVOLUTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

¨      GIVE EXAMPLES OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS.

¨      DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT HORMONES IN PLANTS.

¨      IDENTIFY THE THREE TROPHISMS IN PLANTS.

¨      DESCRIBE REPRODUCTION IN GYMNOSPERMS.

¨      LABEL THE PARTS OF A FLOWER.

 

 

 

TEXT RESOURCES:            CHAPTERS TWENTY-TWO TO TWENTY-FIVE