Chapter 01 – What Is Plant Biology?
Chapter 01
What Is Plant Biology?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The early scientist who first demonstrated experimentally that plants do not have the same
modes of nutrition as animals was
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2. Plant _______ study plant relationships, identify and classify plants into groups based on
genetic similarity, and name plants according to these groups.
3. The science that deals with the form, structure, and life cycles of plants is
4. The scientific method begins with
5. The study of plants and their impact on humans is important because plants
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6. An experiment to test an hypothesis
7. Which sequence generally describes the steps of the scientific method?
8. The objective of scientific research is described as
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9. Which of the following scientists would more likely be concerned with the rate of
photosynthesis in leaves?
10. The Swedish botanist who produced the elements of our present system of naming and
classifying plants in the eighteenth century was
11. A theory is
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12. An early English botanist who described the structure of wood more precisely than any of
his predecessors was
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13. According to the scientific method, an hypothesis is
14. People who study the interaction of people and plants in their environment are
__________.
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15. ______________ is the scientific investigation of the biology of plants.
16. Environmental scientists are developing technologies to convert ___________ into
__________ as a source of renewable, plant-based fuel.
17. When human populations increase, they increase their impact on plants and other living
organisms by _______________________________________.
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18. Plant ecologists and NASA scientists are working together to develop
_________________ for space travel that use plants to recycle carbon dioxide and produce
oxygen.
19. If a catastrophe destroyed all green plants and algae on land and in the water, animal life
would be able to survive for approximately __________ before suffocating due to lack of
oxygen.
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True / False Questions
20. Plants can live without humans but humans cannot live without plants.
21. Originally, the scientific method was considered to involve a routine series of steps.
22. The noted Swedish botanist Linnaeus published his book, Species Plantarum, in the early
twentieth century.
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23. Plant morphology is a discipline that deals with the naming and classification of plants.
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24. Van Helmont concluded after his classical experiment with the willow tree that its
increase in weight had been due to the water it had absorbed.
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25. Science may be defined as “a search for knowledge of the natural world.”
26. Van Helmont’s experiment with a willow branch demonstrated that the soil in which it
grew gained weight over time.
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27. Internet browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Netscape allow access to
information about various botanical topics.
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28. Tropical rainforest is the only vegetation type that is being negatively impacted by human
activities.
29. Knowledge of plant anatomy can help in determining past climates and in forensic
science.
30. Humans have contributed to global warming and atmospheric pollution which, in turn will
affect plant distribution. However, a change in plant distribution will not affect animal
populations.